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Subject: Re: Can typical bios flash programs run from non-floppy dr. in principle? OT

Author: John Roberts

Date: 07:23:20 12/02/03

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On December 02, 2003 at 10:01:18, Ernst Walet wrote:

>On December 02, 2003 at 09:52:21, John Roberts wrote:
>
>>http://www.asus.com/support/english/techref/bios/awdflash.aspx
>>
>>These days many users don't bother with a floppy, so why are bios flash programs
>>still stuck in this format?  Either it's obvious why or one could try unzipping
>>and pasting all the files necessary for a boot disk onto a CD ROM for example,
>>and specify that the computer boots off of a cd-rom.
>>
>>Has anyone tried this?  I imagine it wouldn't be too pleasant to get stuck.
>>
>>Or is the manual, see link above, strictly correct?
>>
>>I chose this forum as opposed to CTF with the thinking that more people would be
>>inclined and qualified to answer here, sorry if I am wrong.
>>
>>I realize that it's trivial to install a floppy drive, etc... just wondering...
>
>Asus has a very nice windows-flash tool, ASUSUpdate, which works like a charm. I
>have two Asus mainboards over here, and both have been updated with this tool
>every time a new bios was available.

Thanks for the lead, Ernst!

The asus site is (too slow) crawling for me, so I googled only a Dutch? site
pertaining to what you mentioned, no English language sites could be found.

http://www.tweakers.net/meuktracker/4848


It still puzzles me, why still use floppies to do this?
Or why not describe online/windows procedure in these manuals, etc.?

Lastly, why can't my method work using a CD-ROM disk, in theory?

PS I wouldn't bother except my computer's freezing on me for reasons the latest
bios claims to fix.



>Ernst.



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