27. syyskuuta 2009 23.32 Veli-Pekka Kestilä <fedora(a)guagua.fi> kirjoitti:
Hiisi wrote:
>
> Dear all!
> I would like to update BIOS on my desktop. It has gigabyte motherboard
> and manufacturer provides only exe-utility for BIOS update. I was
> trying to follow this tip:
>
>
http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-flash-motherboard-bios-from-linux-no-d...
> It is possible to boot into FreeDOS but it's impossible to run
> BIOS.exe. The error is: 'This program can't be run in DOS'
> I have VirtualBox installed on the computer. Is it possible to update
> BIOS from window$XP on virtual machine as guest?
> Thanks in advance!
>
No, because virtual machine can't see the real bios at all.
Is that update program really dos-program? Sounds like you have gotten
windows program for yourself.
No. I think it's windows program. I don't know the difference
actually. I thought it is possible to run exe programs in DOS.
You could try to run it in winxp first to see
if it is really an archive which will unpack the real update program. Or
it's a floppy formatter.
How to know that? Anyway, I don't have window$ at the moment so I
can't check it. I only said I have VirtualBox installed ;-)
You should probably check the instructions which are accomppanying
that exe
on what they say of running it.
According to
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=...
there's no instruction at all.
-vpk
Kiitos, Veli!
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