So I have this gateway lt31 (someshit) netbook that hangs after random number of zzz/wake cycles. I posted on misc@ about it a few times and both Theo and Mike Larkin chimed in (privately) with advice and patches; Much appreciated, but the problem persists.
So I had the genius idea that updating the bios may help the situation. The problem: The bios update is a zip file with one DOS and one Winblows executable. I don't have either OS. So I borrowed a Win XP and a Windows Server 2003 CD from friends. I am able to boot off both of them (using an external USB CDROM) and drop to a command prompt. This is in the hopes of executing the win .exe file off a USB stick. Recap: I boot off CD fine. I am able to drop to a command prompt OK. I am able to see the contents of the USB stick OK too. But I am unable to execute the damn executable off the USB stick. I can't CD into the directory they are in (error message: not allowed). I can "DIR folder" and get the listing of the directory/folder with the executables within it. If I supply the full path to the executable it doesn't run (I forget the exact error message -- I should've written it down before giving up). So the question I have is how can I update this netbook's bios? --patrick