Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 21:04:23 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating BIOS Message-ID: <20200206210423.3ce5b7ba@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20200206205426.123ecbb1@archlinux> References: <20200206085845.7095d5af@scorpio> <CAMEY5_9_rTTQHCGZm7=BmsvF4rn=CnW3TgO012dwT1cVUx7rOA@mail.gmail.com> <20200206142137.40c130c8@scorpio> <CAMEY5_9qTNtJ15Upq1G0RZBugxdQbkjvNeh4h3RMHn31qd%2B5hA@mail.gmail.com> <20200206205426.123ecbb1@archlinux>
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On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 20:54:26 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 11:24:48 -0800, Martin Glazer wrote: >>Freedoms is the correct program. I use it. Good luck > >FreeDOS probably was required to update a PC BIOS, the time when I >didn't use a PC, but a C64 or Atari ST. IOW that was a long, long time >ago. I'm not aware of any 64 bit architecture PC, that requires >more than a FAT 32 formatted device, to update the BIOS or UEFI thingy. >IIRC I even updated a decades old 32 bit machine, just by using a FAT >32 partition. That time the computer just supported PATA (IDE), no SATA >and I still used a floppy disk for some purposes. AFAIK updates on even >relatively aged machines doesn't require an operating sytsem at all, it >could be done by the BIOS and a FAT 32 partitioned device. It's just >important to read the vendor's hints. Sometimes updating from a very >old release to the latest release might brick the machine, it might >be required to upgrade from one release to another and IIRC sometimes >it could be impossible to downgrade, if an upgrade should suffer from a >regression. FreeDOS is not a program, it's an operating system. For my Atari ST's 80286 hardware emulator I used DR-DOS [ https://i.imgur.com/lx5pucp.jpg ].
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