On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 22:58 +0400, 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-dos-windows-no-floppy-drive.html > 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' Make sure you've downloaded the DOS version of their flash utility. (Usually called... flash.exe). I'm using in on a number of Gigabyte boards using freedos and it works just fine. > I have VirtualBox installed on the computer. Is it possible to update > BIOS from window$XP on virtual machine as guest? Nope. Virtual machines cannot really see real hardware. (Hence the name "virtual".) > Thanks in advance! P.S. which board is it? - Gilboa -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
