Re: Linux Friendly Hardware Database ??

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Michael A. Peters wrote:


That's a bit of a problem for me, I do not have windows, and this is NOT the kind of task I would expect to work in wine (though I may be wrong, I kind of doubt it would).

This doesn't answer the question, but it does address the problem of getting the firmware updated.

There might be a way to get Windows, for this exercise. You do need some disk space.
Look at microsoft.com for downloads.

Sometimes there's a beta of something such as Windows Server 2008 (there's a release candidate available for download right now). It's free to acquire for testing and evaluation. I would think evaluating its ability to update your firmware would be fair use.

Microsoft also has evaluation versions of Small Business Server 2003. You need to order a CD.

There's an evaluation version of Windows Xp SP2 x64 Edition for Athlon 64 and such right now. You need to order a CD.

Note, you get an enormous key to enter when you install. You do not need to activate any of them immediately.


If your CPU is capable of virtualisation, I think you can install to a file (maybe 2 Gbytes) under Xen or KVM, and give the guest the DVD burner. Think of it as like WINE, but better (from the POV of getting the job done).




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