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Re: bios flash under linux

From john connolly <wconn@kc.rr.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject Re: bios flash under linux
Date 2012-01-29 19:32 +0000
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On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:47:18 +0000, J G Miller wrote:

> On Saturday, January 28th, 2012, at 23:59:16h +0000, John Connolly
> explained:
> 
>> Using the procedure you describe I either get the problem that I
>> describe above or the message that the program is too large for memory
> 
> So this has nothing to do with GNU/Linux and is a DOS problem.
> 
> Using a web search engine and searching on
> 
>     bios update program is too large for memory
> 
> leads to the web page at
> 
> <http://forums.mydigitallife.info/archive/index.php/t-5863-p-85.html>
> 
> which suggest
> 
> QUOTE
> 
>     I can't flash bios on DOS. It's show
> 
>     "Program too big to fit in memory"
> 
> 
>     Remove ANY lines from CONFIG.sys and AUTOEXEC.bat (in your DOS
>     bootable media) and try again.
>   
> UNQUOTE
> 
> If that does not work then you need to contact the company who supplied
> you with the BIOS flash utility and the BIOS update file.

Yep, it's right there in my instructions. Thanks for your help.

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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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