Flash a Bios?...bootCD...?

JGM wrote:

 > In booting from a CD is it possible to Flash a Bios?......I have an Asus
 > board and want to update the bios but I dont use a floppy anymore so could I
 > just make a bootable CD and then add the AFLASH.EXE and the BIOS .ROM file
 > to the CD........Just wandering ?....I think this would work....any
 > suggestions?
 > JGM

The procedure you propose is overly complex and could cause problems,
given you'd need to load a CD driver. Better to make a bootable CD
containing nothing but a bootable floppy image, with all required files
included in the floppy image.

From there, it will work exactly the same way as using a real floppy -
except you won't be able to save the current BIOS first, which is always
recommended.

However, if the system has a FAT partition on the hard drive(s), you can
save it there - in which case you could forget the CD and run the BIOS
update from DOS installed on the FAT partition.

HTH

P2B
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JGM wrote:
 > In booting from a CD is it possible to Flash a Bios?......I have an Asus
 > board and want to update the bios but I dont use a floppy anymore so could I
 > just make a bootable CD and then add the AFLASH.EXE and the BIOS .ROM file
 > to the CD........Just wandering ?....I think this would work....any
 > suggestions?
 > JGM
 >
 >
 >
Yes, it is possible, though somewhat of a pain, and it's by far easiest
if you have access to a machine with a floppy and a burner. Basically,
you create the BIOS floppy as usual, then use Nero, etc. to create a
boot CD with the floppy as the source for the boot image..

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