John.Michael.Kane
June 6th, 2006, 01:28 PM
Note: please use the guide posted here HOWTO: Flash BIOS, The Ubuntu Way (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=318789&highlight=Flash+Your+Bios) as the links in this guide no longer work.
I found a little document wich tells a way to flash your motherboard bios in a floppiless way.
Please be careful when flashing any bios because you can kill your mainboard
Step one
First thing you need is a dos/windows bootdisk image. You can get one here (http://colt.projectgamma.com/bios/win98-boot.img)
Step two
Now you need to mount the image you will need to be root ie: sudo
mkdir tmp
mount -o loop -t vfat win98-boot.img tmp
Step three
Now you will need to get the latest bios image update from your mainboard manufacturer's site,and also get the latest awdflash available there.
Next copy the files into the dir where you mounted the bootdisk image.
cp AWDFASH.EXE biosupdate.file tmp/
Unmount dir after files are copied
umount tmp
You will then have a bootdisk image with all the necessary files.
Step four
let's make an iso image from the bootdisk image and burn it to cd.
mkisofs -o image.iso -b win98-boot.img win98-boot.img
Now you have an .iso ready to burn with your favorite burning application. (use a cd-rw no need to waste a cd-r with such a small file).
Step five
Now you just need to make sure that your cd drive is the first in the boot sequence. Go into your bios setup and make sure it's the first boot drive.
insert the cd in your drive, reboot and you'll be dropped into an old dos prompt like this one.
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Step six (OPTIONAL)
This step is for award bios owners.
After you're in the dos prompt, you just need to run awdflash.exe, and follow the on-screen instructions. You can't save your old bios image though it's a small price for floppiless bios installs.
This howto: was made using this document by Davor Ocelic (http://colt.projectgamma.com/bios/flashing.html) thanks goes to him for it.
Hope this helps.
I found a little document wich tells a way to flash your motherboard bios in a floppiless way.
Please be careful when flashing any bios because you can kill your mainboard
Step one
First thing you need is a dos/windows bootdisk image. You can get one here (http://colt.projectgamma.com/bios/win98-boot.img)
Step two
Now you need to mount the image you will need to be root ie: sudo
mkdir tmp
mount -o loop -t vfat win98-boot.img tmp
Step three
Now you will need to get the latest bios image update from your mainboard manufacturer's site,and also get the latest awdflash available there.
Next copy the files into the dir where you mounted the bootdisk image.
cp AWDFASH.EXE biosupdate.file tmp/
Unmount dir after files are copied
umount tmp
You will then have a bootdisk image with all the necessary files.
Step four
let's make an iso image from the bootdisk image and burn it to cd.
mkisofs -o image.iso -b win98-boot.img win98-boot.img
Now you have an .iso ready to burn with your favorite burning application. (use a cd-rw no need to waste a cd-r with such a small file).
Step five
Now you just need to make sure that your cd drive is the first in the boot sequence. Go into your bios setup and make sure it's the first boot drive.
insert the cd in your drive, reboot and you'll be dropped into an old dos prompt like this one.
A:/>
Step six (OPTIONAL)
This step is for award bios owners.
After you're in the dos prompt, you just need to run awdflash.exe, and follow the on-screen instructions. You can't save your old bios image though it's a small price for floppiless bios installs.
This howto: was made using this document by Davor Ocelic (http://colt.projectgamma.com/bios/flashing.html) thanks goes to him for it.
Hope this helps.