Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 15:30:20 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flashing BIOS/Making bootable DOS filsystem on USB stick Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20060525152314.02665c20@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <447607A4.5090708@lvor.halvorsen.cc> References: <447607A4.5090708@lvor.halvorsen.cc>
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You have a few options: go to bootdisk.org and download a suitable verision. There are many floppy images there. For instance the win98 diskette version, when booted creates a ramdrive you can switch to, then change the usb disk. Or boot with two usb drives inserted, the bootable one and the one with the BIOS flash utility. Or use a winpe bootable CD. You can find one and information at: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ You can customize the image you build including your Windows BIOS utility. Or buy or borrow a USB floppy drive. -Derek At 02:38 PM 5/25/2006, Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: >I have a problem with my laptop, and before Dell will consider taking it >back, I have to go through their checklist and make sure I've tried >everything on that list first. This includes upgrading the BIOS. > > >The problem is that Dell provides the BIOS upgrade in two forms: > >(a) A DOS executable >(b) A Windows self-contained utility to make a boot floppy > >Since I have neither Windows nor a floppy disk, I'll have to be >creative. I thought that maybe I could install some boot code on a USB >flash drive, newfs_msdos, and copy FreeDOS along with the executable (a) >mentioned above. > >Problem is: How do I install the boot code on the drive? FreeDOS >provides a floppy-image, so I thought I could just dd that to my USB >drive, and boot off of that. But I need to put the BIOS upgrade utility >on the disk as well, and it is 784 kiB. Could I grow the image? > >Any pointer appreciated > > > Svein Halvor > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.
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