On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Francois Pussault <fpussa...@contactoffice.fr> wrote: > hi,
Thanks for the quick reply. > as far the usb stick is OK, you may put exe on its root directory > then as you boot from CD, & see USBstick it will be unable to reject it. OK. I copied the windows exe file to root dir of the USB stick. Still no go. The error message is: "The command is not recognized Type HELP for a list of supported commands" > if possible use a fat32 or vfat format on the USBstick Hmm.. currently it USB stick is "06 DOS > 32MB" format. I'll see if I can find another spare one to reformat with fat32 (0x0b). > to disable file permitions check. How does one do this? --patrick > I hop it can work like that > > >> ---------------------------------------- >> From: patrick keshishian <pkesh...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Sat Jun 11 07:45:02 CEST 2011 >> To: misc <misc@openbsd.org> >> Subject: updating netbook bios >> >> >> 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 >> > > > Cordialement > Francois Pussault > 3701 - 8 rue Marcel Pagnol > 31100 Toulouse > France > +33 6 17 230 820 +33 5 34 365 269 > fpussa...@contactoffice.fr
