You should generally keep these discussions posted to the list so that others can learn from and contribute to the discussion. On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 19:38:06 +0200, François Patte <francois.patte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bruno Wolff III a écrit : > > On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 14:25:28 +0200, > > François Patte <francois.patte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>Bonjour, > >> > >>Is there something to flash the bios from linux? I'm running FC4 and I > >>don't have any floppy driver.... > > > > > > BIOS flashing tools are typically obtained from motherboard manufacturers. > > Yes but, though recently bought computer have no floppy drive, they > still describe the method for flashing from a floppy. > > Now, it seems that you can flash your bios from windows: is there the > same utility under linux? You need to ask the motherboard manufacturer. Motherboard flashing through the motherboard (as opposed to pulling the bios rom and putting in a programmer) is not standardized and each motherboard needs its own flashing tool. If they descxribe how to do it using a floppy (presumbaly under DOS), you can probably do this with a CD instead. As I said there is a tool for writing floppy images to CDs so that the CD is bootable. I used that technique to reflash the motherboard of an older machine at work that didn't have a floppy drive.
