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I guess this is technically not a Linux question, but I'm sure the problem will sound familiar. I want to flash my BIOS, but the downloaded software only works in Windows or DOS. My plan was to download a FreeDOS floppy bootimage and make a bootable iso with the BIOS software.
This is what I've done:
I've downloaded the BIOS software here and the bootimage here.
Then I executed following commands:
It looks like you are trying to build a CD image on a floppy disk. A floppy disk is much simpler. Assuming that the boot image that you downloaded is a ready to go bootable MSDOS image, then perhaps:
[bash]$ dd if=bootimagepath&filenamehere >/dev/fd0 (where /dev/fd0 is your floppy drive).
Easier may be making a small fat partition on your hard disk and after booting with Ultimate Boot Disk load upgrade from there. You may need to shrink your existing partitions for this though.
I'm able to boot with this disk and I choose to start FreeDOS. There, I do the following (the last step is as described in the README.txt of the downloaded BIOS software):
Code:
Q:\ T:
T:\ cd 3A32
T:\ PHLASH16 ZL53A32.WPH /mode=3 /X
The "Phoenix Phlash16 Utility Version 1.4 Build 57" starts. It mentions it's loading the image file but halts with the error:
"Invalid Opcode at 00F8 0001 0282 3B02 75C6 E22B 81F6 00C3 8110 00FB 72A0 66E5 C0"
I hate it how hardware vendors are able to make a non OS-specific task a nightmare.
Last edited by merchtemeagle; 04-24-2006 at 02:50 PM.
I'm checking the list of supported motherboards on the Uniflash website.
Problem I'm having now is: I don't know what chipset my motherboard uses. I can't see the STOP procedure, it seems like my screen is warming up then.
If I enter the setup by pressing <F12>, then I can see: VGA Bios Version SiS 2.27.g8. Does that tell me something about the used chipset?
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