Cannot update BIOS on Linux

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   I would not run any kind of BIOS update from within an emulator. I wouldn't (don't) even update BIOS in windows as it is far less reliable than doing so from DOS or instant flash.
What you need is a DOS boot medium with your update files contained on it. 

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Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 22688	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Cannot update BIOS on Linux Posted: 16 May 2017 at 3:53pm
	I would not run any kind of BIOS update from within an emulator. I wouldn't (don't) even update BIOS in windows as it is far less reliable than doing so from DOS or instant flash. What you need is a DOS boot medium with your update files contained on it.


pk12353p Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 May 2017 Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote pk12353p Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 May 2017 at 3:58pm
	I cannot run instant flash from normal BIOS. I buy this motherboard for linux and the version is Linux Mint 18.1 x64 I try run.exe files on linux and install wine and newest kernel 4.11 x64 still get error message. fixme:ntoskrnl:PsTerminateSystemThread stub: 0 winevdm: Cannot start DOS application Z:\home\user\????????\AB35P4_250.exe because the DOS memory range is unavailable. You should install DOSBox. Please send Linux binary to update BIOS with any formats. Or tell me safely using DOSBOX to update bios?

wardog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 15 Jul 2015 Status: Offline Points: 6447	Post Options Post Reply Quote wardog Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 May 2017 at 6:59pm
	What motherboard??????????

cutterjohn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 Apr 2017 Location: somewhere Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote cutterjohn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 May 2017 at 8:04pm
	You can't get a freedos boot image and put the DOS BIOS update files on it? Last I knew, admittedly several years ago, freedos was still getting some support and updates as quite a few companies were using it for firmware updates and even OS base... [EDIT] here's a link: http://www.freedos.org/download/ you can also search for opendos which was based off of Novell's DRDOS BUT I'd expect that freedos should work well enough to flash the BIOS... [/EDIT] Edited by cutterjohn - 16 May 2017 at 8:13pm

Conraire Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12 Apr 2017 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote Conraire Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 May 2017 at 8:35pm
	You can use a program called Rufus to create a bootable USB drive. It comes with the ability to create a FreeDOS bootable drive by default. After using it to create a FreeDOS USB Boot drive, you should be able to use that boot drive to update the BIOS using the DOS version of the bios updater for your motherboard.

wardog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 15 Jul 2015 Status: Offline Points: 6447	Post Options Post Reply Quote wardog Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 May 2017 at 11:43pm
	cutterjohn and conraire, do you two realize you only live an hour and 15mins apart?