El 15/05/13 13:06, Fabian Rodriguez escribió: > On 2013-05-15 13:37, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote: > [...] >> The problem with it is that it is a win32/64 program. I downloaded >> FreeDOS but it will not recognize my USB memory where I saved the BIOS >> mod. I had the same problem with an installation of Windows on Virtualbox. >> >> I have no option but to install a Windows hard disk in the machine and >> then run the BIOS mod program. Do you see any way I can avoid this? Is >> there a way to run the program reliably on Wine? Is there an alternative >> to FreeDOS? Is there a BIOS mod for GNU? >> > I see two possibilities > 1- Using http://flashrom.org (I haven't tried it) > 2- Install Windows as you described, temporarily > > If you are succesful with #1, please do report back here.
It looks as it not recommended for laptops: "Laptops, notebooks and netbooks are difficult to support and we recommend to use the vendor flashing utility. The embedded controller (EC) in these machines often interacts badly with flashing, either by blocking all read/write access to the flash chip or by crashing (it may power off the machine or mess with the battery or cause system instability)." http://flashrom.org/Laptops > #2 AFAIK is a valid exception (ethically) for me, specially in this > context. Make sure you wipe such an install and don't keep using it > illegally (if you don't activate it, etc.). > > Best of luck, I will take this route. I don't mind to use it illegally. What I regret is that it is non-free. Thank you for your suggestions. :-) -- Saludos libres, Quiliro Ordóñez Presidente (en conjunto con el resto de socios) Asociación de Software Libre del Ecuador - ASLE Av de la Prensa N58-219 y Cristóbal Vaca de Castro Quito, Ecuador (02)-600 8579 IRC: http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=asle&uio=OT10cnVlJjEwPXRydWU3a Todo correo que reciba será tratado como información pública, de libre copia y modificación, sin importar cualquier nota de confidencialidad.
