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

[Shea Tisdale]

I've used DR-DOS for the same thing.  I think the Maxtor disk utilities you
can download from their site come with a version of it.  Just break out of
their app and run yours...or edit the autoexec.bat to launch your BIOS app.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of P. L. Charles Fischer
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 10:00 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] a 'non-windows' method to upgrade BIOS/firmware?
> 
> I have used FreeDOS (http://www.freedos.org/) to update motherboard BIOSs
> (Tyan and Asus).  It is not Microsoft Windows, but if the installer needs
> DOS it seems to work.
> 
> -Charles Fischer
> 
> 
> At 09:49 AM 1/30/2004 -0500, you 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?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Doug
> >
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