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Date:      Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:47:03 +1030
From:      Andrew <awd@awdcomp.net>
To:        Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com>
Subject:   Re: Bios chip update suggestions
Message-ID:  <49BA6ADF.7080705@awdcomp.net>
In-Reply-To: <49BB8903.4020405@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <496FE15E.4080201@a1poweruser.com> <4970820E.4040407@onetel.com> <49BB8903.4020405@a1poweruser.com>

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G'Day,

Fbsd1 wrote:
> Chris Whitehouse wrote:
>> Fbsd1 wrote:
>>> I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju.
>>> The company is now out of business.
>>> It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick.
>>>
>>> I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick.
>>>
>>> I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is 
>>> 01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00
>>>
>>> All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are 
>>> customized for MS windows.
>>>
>>> Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update?
>>>

--snip--

>>
> 
> What i mean is all the bio update sites have a utility that runs from 
> the website to fetch your bio id string info. This utility will not work 
> on a non-windows operating system.


If you have access to windows, you could create a bart-pe cd which is a 
portable windows booting system.

http://nu2.nu/pebuilder/

Take heed of the legal notices :)
HTH
cya
Andrew


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