Booting is my problem. I have a Tyan Tiger K8W S2875 ; and impossible to install Debian lenny, it seems that it doesn't find the ramdisk !?
Debian etch, on the same computer, works, but I have some problems. Amel On 28 jan, 02:30, Jason Montoya <[email protected]> wrote: > Since a corrupt BIOS can potentially cause a PC to become completely > unbootable, I would recommend checking with the motherboard manufacturer on > if they have a feature like Asus' "CrashFree" BIOS which allows recovery from > a ROM copy of the BIOS or if there is a jumper you can short to acheive the > same effect. If not, during the few seconds it takes the DOS utility to > flash the BIOS, your computer is quite vulnerable to power outages. I had a > Tyan Titan Turbo AT-2 several years back (on which I had Slackware Linux) and > I seem to recall several occasions of "flash n' pray" as it would have been a > long wait to order a replacement BIOS chip from them. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Blues Renegade <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, January 27, 2010 8:30:48 AM > Subject: Re: [lug:15866] Upgrading BIOS with linux : FreeDOS ? > > I forgot to mention. There are programs available to backup your > existing BIOS, in case the upgrade screws it up. Google and you should > find some help in this regard. > > John > > Aka wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > I have to upgrade a BIOS on my comuter, I have an old motherboard : > > > TYAN Tiger K8W (S2875). > > > If I have good understood, I have to : > > > 1. Start my computer with the freeDOS CD : is 'fdbasecd' enough ? > > 2. Run the .bat file for the BIOS upgrade. Tyan gives, for my > > motherboard : > > > a...@debian:~/install/bios/S2875_v304$ ls -l > > total 632 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 524288 2007-08-08 11:23 2875V304.ROM > > -r--r--r-- 1 103856 2005-08-16 18:00 AFUDOS.EXE > > -rw-r--r-- 1 44 2007-08-13 13:42 flash.bat > > -rw-r--r-- 1 506 2003-03-18 10:01 Flash Text.txt > > > Is it all ok, like this, please ? > > > Did I have forget something ? > > > Thanks, > > > Amka > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
