Bios flashing w/fed4_64

[Steve Underwood]

Ian Malone wrote:

> John Summerfied wrote:
>
>> Gilboa Davara wrote:
>>
>>> I doubt it. I've yet to see a Linux flash utility. (Being tied to a
>>> certain BIOS/MB combo, I doubt that we will ever see one)
>>> Most flash utilities either use DOS (99%) or both Windows and DOS 
>>> (~1%).
>>>
>>> Gilboa
>>>
>> I've got one or to mobos that can read direcly from floppy. (I'm not 
>> sure they actually have floppy drives attached, several of my 
>> machines haven't).
>>
>> Sometimes (often?) freedos will do the job; I think Dell and/or HP 
>> uses Freedos regardless of what their actual instructions say.
>>
> AOL: my last two Gigabyte MBs have been able to update the bios 
> directly from
> a file on a floppy without Win / DOS (and save the current bios 
> directly too). One
> of the reasons my next MB will be a Gigabyte.
>
Interesting. Can they update from a USB memory stick, too? My only 
reason for installing floppy drives these days is to permit BIOS updates.

Steve