I've used DR-DOS for the same thing. I think the Maxtor disk utilities you can download from their site come with a version of it. Just break out of their app and run yours...or edit the autoexec.bat to launch your BIOS app.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of P. L. Charles Fischer > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 10:00 AM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] a 'non-windows' method to upgrade BIOS/firmware? > > I have used FreeDOS (http://www.freedos.org/) to update motherboard BIOSs > (Tyan and Asus). It is not Microsoft Windows, but if the installer needs > DOS it seems to work. > > -Charles Fischer > > > At 09:49 AM 1/30/2004 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi All- > > > >I'm having a few issues with DVD burning, but before I write a novel > about > >it, I'd like to try upgrading the BIOS and especially the firmware of the > >DVD writer (lite on). All binaries available are 'for windows based > >machines', so other than installing windows and dual booting, how does > one > >upgrade the BIOS/firmware using a non-'windows' method? > > > >Thanks, > >Doug > > > >-- > >TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > >TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > >TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > >TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
