From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 21 20:45:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5543A16A4DA for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:45:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galvez@virginia.edu) Received: from humpty.finadmin.virginia.edu (humpty.finadmin.Virginia.EDU [128.143.87.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6896243D5D for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:45:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from galvez@virginia.edu) Received: from localhost (d-137-145-35.bootp.Virginia.EDU [137.54.145.35]) (authenticated bits=0) by humpty.finadmin.virginia.edu (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6LKjbeI044756 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:45:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from galvez@virginia.edu) Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:45:35 -0400 From: Mike Galvez To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060721204535.GG241@virginia.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: Darwin X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.5 tests=AWL autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on humpty.finadmin.virginia.edu Subject: Re: how to apply bios firmware update? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:45:49 -0000 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