[TriLUG] a 'non-windows' method to upgrade BIOS/firmware?

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 09:49, Douglas Kojetin wrote:
> Hi All-
> 
> I'm having a few issues with DVD burning, but before I write a novel 
> about it, I'd like to try upgrading the BIOS and especially the 
> firmware of the DVD writer (lite on).  All binaries available are 'for 
> windows based machines', so other than installing windows and dual 
> booting, how does one upgrade the BIOS/firmware using a non-'windows' 
> method?

Sometimes those things are actually DOS executables, in which case you
can just use a DOS boot disk from some place like
http://www.bootdisk.com/ or http://www.freedos.org/

--Jeremy

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