Re: how to apply bios firmware update?

2006-07-22 Thread Yousef Raffah
Joshua Lewis wrote:
>If you have another system to use temporally and a copy of Windows you
>can download BartPE and create a Windows boot CD. You can then boot
>from the CD and load the update either from a secondary CD drive or
>HDD or something.
>Sincerely,
>Joshua Lewis
>
>   Original Message 
>  Subject: how to apply bios firmware update?
>  From: Erik Nørgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  Date: Fri, July 21, 2006 3:47 pm
>  To: FreeBSD Questions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  Hi
>  I have just downloaded a bios firmware update for my laptop, but it
>  assumes that I run windows: close all programs, execute
>  whatever.exe and
>  reboot.
>  Is there some utility that will allow me to update the firmware
>  running
>  freebsd or temporarily boot in some windows emulated environment?
>  Thanks, Erik
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On my Toshiba, they offer a CD Bootable image which you burn on a cd and
simply boot of that CD :)

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Re: how to apply bios firmware update?

2006-07-21 Thread Erik Nørgaard
Dimitar Vasilev wrote:
> Usually firmware updates require that you either run them to extract
> some files that later you run under DOS or are targeted to run under DOS
> when you boot directly.
> Could you tell your brand - it could help a little?
> FreeDOS or something like this should do - depends what the instructions
> to the file say.
> You may look for a archiver under dos that extracts SFX .exe files.

Thanks all, I will try the various suggestions - it ought to be enough
to boot some DOS like system,
but the instructions assumes you are running XP :(

It's a Sony VAIO FJ3S, and it turns out that they ship it with windows
and allows you to create
recover dvd's but you can't boot off of them, and there were no install
cd's at all with the product.
So now I wiped the disk to make room for a decent system it seems I have
crossed the point of no
return.

- and for those who think of purchasing one because they are cool:
sound, wifi and usb doesn't work
out of the box :( it seems to be some interrupt stuff for usb, sound has
no driver and the wifi fails
to load the firmware - I will ask about these things once I'm sure I'm
stuck...

Thanks, Erik
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Re: how to apply bios firmware update?

2006-07-21 Thread Mike Galvez
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 04:29:11PM -0400, Mayo, Richard A RDECOM CERDEC STCD 
SRI wrote:
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik N?rgaard
> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 3:47 PM
> To: FreeBSD Questions
> Subject: how to apply bios firmware update?
> 
> Hi
> 
> I have just downloaded a bios firmware update for my laptop, but it assumes
> that I run windows: close all programs, execute whatever.exe and reboot.
> 
> Is there some utility that will allow me to update the firmware running
> freebsd or temporarily boot in some windows emulated environment?
> 
> Thanks, Erik
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> Erik,
> 
> 
> 1)  If you're using a laptop that supports booting from a USB device, you
> might temporarily install windows on a big, big thumb drive for the purposes
> of installing your bios update.
> 
> 2)  On the off chance that your update runs under DOS, you can get what you
> need to create a DOS boot disk from http://www.bootdisk.com/.
> 
> 3)  Bootdisk.com has other boot disk version up to Win XP.  Heck, they're
> free to try
> 
> 3)  Sadly, there's no "Knoppix" version of Windows that boots from a CD but
> you could temporarily connect a hard disk as a worst case...

Not exactly Knoppix but based on it is:  http://www.ubcd4win.com/

I have used this to rescue data from many a downed workstation. It will give you
an XP environment to work in.

> 
> 
> 
> Rich Mayo
> SRI International
> 



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RE: how to apply bios firmware update?

2006-07-21 Thread Mayo, Richard A RDECOM CERDEC STCD SRI
You might also contact the laptop vendor for an RMA???


Rich Mayo
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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik Nørgaard
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 3:47 PM
To: FreeBSD Questions
Subject: how to apply bios firmware update?

Hi

I have just downloaded a bios firmware update for my laptop, but it assumes 
that I run windows: close all programs, execute whatever.exe and reboot.

Is there some utility that will allow me to update the firmware running freebsd 
or temporarily boot in some windows emulated environment?

Thanks, Erik

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RE: how to apply bios firmware update?

2006-07-21 Thread Mayo, Richard A RDECOM CERDEC STCD SRI
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik Nørgaard
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 3:47 PM
To: FreeBSD Questions
Subject: how to apply bios firmware update?

Hi

I have just downloaded a bios firmware update for my laptop, but it assumes
that I run windows: close all programs, execute whatever.exe and reboot.

Is there some utility that will allow me to update the firmware running
freebsd or temporarily boot in some windows emulated environment?

Thanks, Erik

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Erik,


1)  If you're using a laptop that supports booting from a USB device, you
might temporarily install windows on a big, big thumb drive for the purposes
of installing your bios update.

2)  On the off chance that your update runs under DOS, you can get what you
need to create a DOS boot disk from http://www.bootdisk.com/.

3)  Bootdisk.com has other boot disk version up to Win XP.  Heck, they're
free to try

3)  Sadly, there's no "Knoppix" version of Windows that boots from a CD but
you could temporarily connect a hard disk as a worst case...



Rich Mayo
SRI International



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Re: how to apply bios firmware update?

2006-07-21 Thread Dimitar Vasilev

Usually firmware updates require that you either run them to extract some
files that later you run under DOS or are targeted to run under DOS when you
boot directly.
Could you tell your brand - it could help a little?
FreeDOS or something like this should do - depends what the instructions to
the file say.
You may look for a archiver under dos that extracts SFX .exe files.
Good luck!

2006/7/21, Erik Nørgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:


Hi

I have just downloaded a bios firmware update for my laptop, but it
assumes that I run windows: close all programs, execute whatever.exe and
reboot.

Is there some utility that will allow me to update the firmware running
freebsd or temporarily boot in some windows emulated environment?

Thanks, Erik

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RE: how to apply bios firmware update?

2006-07-21 Thread Joshua Lewis

   If you have another system to use temporally and a copy of Windows you
   can download BartPE and create a Windows boot CD. You can then boot
   from the CD and load the update either from a secondary CD drive or
   HDD or something.
   Sincerely,
   Joshua Lewis

  Original Message 
 Subject: how to apply bios firmware update?
 From: Erik Nørgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 Date: Fri, July 21, 2006 3:47 pm
 To: FreeBSD Questions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 Hi
 I have just downloaded a bios firmware update for my laptop, but it
 assumes that I run windows: close all programs, execute
 whatever.exe and
 reboot.
 Is there some utility that will allow me to update the firmware
 running
 freebsd or temporarily boot in some windows emulated environment?
 Thanks, Erik
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