Thank you for reply… Eric Auer composed on 2024-11-05 23:48 (UTC+0100):
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Flashing_BIOS_from_Linux section 4 seems to >> indicate while booted to FreeDOS one can extract a BIOS file from a >> "Windows" .EXE >> file. Can this be true, even when the .EXE file viewed in a plain text viewer >> includes the string "This program cannot be run in DOS mode."? If yes, which >> file >> on a FreeDOS installation is the utility that can do so? > Maybe https://www.japheth.de/HX.html ? I suppose that's either what the wiki was alluding to, or an equivalent. > Or maybe the exe is just a self-extracting ZIP, then UNZIP may help? I don't generally luck into those from motherboard makers. This update download is from Gigabyte's GA-970A-D3 (rev. 1.0/1.1) page: > file mb_bios_ga-970a-d3_f12.exe mb_bios_ga-970a-d3_f12.exe: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows > > PS: https://www.japheth.de/index.html also has JWASM, JEMM, > JWASM, JWLINK, DEBXXF Debugger, HDEDIT disk editor and more! I took the easy way out on this one. Rather than more reading and downloading I booted Windows on an old Dell, which when double clicking on it in the file manager extracted mb_bios_ga-970a-d3_f12.exe from mb_bios_ga-970a-d3_f12.zip then extracted FLASHSPI.EXE and the 4M 970AD3.F12 from the .exe. Then I rebooted into Linux and copied those last two files to a USB stick to insert in the Gigabyte to go into BIOS setup, where I found Q-Flash via F8 in the BIOS, which flashed it on my confirmation. The previous f10 UEFI BIOS was ~15 months older. The flashing process itself was annoyingly slow for a mere 4M BIOS, but the Gigabyte is now up and running. :) > inxi -CMz Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: GA-970A-D3 serial: N/A BIOS: Award v: F12 date: 09/03/2013 CPU: Info: quad core model: AMD Phenom II X4 965 bits: 64 type: MCP cache: L2: 2 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3400 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 > -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
