On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 08:16 +1100, [email protected] wrote: > I've flashed the bios from linux on an old compaq presario desktop > computer before, so I know it's possible, it was just so long ago I > can't remember what I used to do it or how I went about it. > > Just googled "flash bios from linux" this brings up a heap of howto's > which might help
I wans't sure if there was supposed to be a specific dos flash utility to use. In the end I picked a random util called awdflash.exe, created a bootable CD disk with the rom image and ran it. The bios flash worked perfectly. Unfortunately, while the new bios added Wake On Lan it only added an option for S4 mode which I understand is hibernation / sleep. So still no WOL from power off. Even though the motherboard supports it, it appears that Compaq's crippled bios doesn't offer the option. The plan was to have a remote backup server that I could wake remotely, rsync some backups and then shut down again. Ah well, it was worth a shot. Will have to look for a new motherboard. FreeNAS is amazing though - I highly recommend checking it out if you want a backup / network attached storage system. My $50 FreeNas server beats a friends $2000 ReadyNas hands down in terms of features.
