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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:21:22 -0500
To: Wolfgang Rohdewald <WRohdewald@dplanet.ch>
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Subject: Re: Flash ASUS Bios without Floppy?
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From: Len Sorensen <lsorense@opengraphics.com>
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On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 12:03:31AM +0100, Wolfgang Rohdewald wrote:
> how can I update my Bios (Asus A7V266) if I don't have a floppy drive
> for using the Asus DOS utility?
> 
> Is there any Linux utililty that can do this?
> 
> Could I do it with freedos?

There is a flash utility for windows, that runs from HD, so you could
use that.  If you don't have windows, why do you even care about the BIOS?

And if it fails, you WILL need a floppy to recover from the backup bios.

Len Sorensen
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