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Re: bios flash under linux

From J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject Re: bios flash under linux
Date 2012-01-28 23:35 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <jg20or$teq$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On Saturday, January 28th, 2012, at 23:09:59h +0000, John Connolly asked:

> Anyway, is there anyway to accomplish this process using the
> linux operating system directly?

If there is, it is probably not a very safe way to do it.

Why not just download Freedos,

    <http://www.freedos.ORG>

make a bootable DOS diskette having booted the machine with that,
and then run your BIOS software update executable from the diskette
as is the normal practice?

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bios flash under linux john connolly <wconn@kc.rr.com> - 2012-01-28 23:09 +0000
  Re: bios flash under linux J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-01-28 23:35 +0000
    Re: bios flash under linux john connolly <wconn@kc.rr.com> - 2012-01-28 23:59 +0000
      Re: bios flash under linux J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-01-29 00:47 +0000
        Re: bios flash under linux john connolly <wconn@kc.rr.com> - 2012-01-29 19:32 +0000
          Re: bios flash under linux john connolly <wconn@kc.rr.com> - 2012-01-30 01:44 +0000
  Re: bios flash under linux Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2012-01-29 03:37 +0000
    Re: bios flash under linux Dave <noone$$@llondel.org> - 2012-01-29 10:07 +0000
    Re: bios flash under linux J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-01-29 16:12 +0000
      Re: bios flash under linux Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2012-01-29 20:35 +0100
  Re: bios flash under linux philo <philo@invalid.not> - 2012-01-29 17:24 -0600

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