Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:45:35 -0400 From: Mike Galvez <galvez@virginia.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to apply bios firmware update? Message-ID: <20060721204535.GG241@virginia.edu> In-Reply-To: <D2AA47A6FB2C1A48AF0526440C0F245C0713AE9C@monm207.nae.ds.army.mil> References: <D2AA47A6FB2C1A48AF0526440C0F245C0713AE9C@monm207.nae.ds.army.mil>
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On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 04:29:11PM -0400, Mayo, Richard A RDECOM CERDEC STCD SRI wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Erik N?rgaard > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 3:47 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: how to apply bios firmware update? > > Hi > > I have just downloaded a bios firmware update for my laptop, but it assumes > that I run windows: close all programs, execute whatever.exe and reboot. > > Is there some utility that will allow me to update the firmware running > freebsd or temporarily boot in some windows emulated environment? > > Thanks, Erik > > -- > > > Erik, > > > 1) If you're using a laptop that supports booting from a USB device, you > might temporarily install windows on a big, big thumb drive for the purposes > of installing your bios update. > > 2) On the off chance that your update runs under DOS, you can get what you > need to create a DOS boot disk from http://www.bootdisk.com/. > > 3) Bootdisk.com has other boot disk version up to Win XP. Heck, they're > free to try.... > > 3) Sadly, there's no "Knoppix" version of Windows that boots from a CD but > you could temporarily connect a hard disk as a worst case... Not exactly Knoppix but based on it is: http://www.ubcd4win.com/ I have used this to rescue data from many a downed workstation. It will give you an XP environment to work in. > > > > Rich Mayo > SRI International > -- Michael Galvez http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mrg8n Information Technology Specialist University of Virginia USENIX Member
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