On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Ian Perry wrote: > Do you really want to see a 40Mb disk ? or did you mean 40 Gig ? ah, 40gb ofcourse. Sorry for the typo and thanx for the info
> Ian > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Donald R. Spoon > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:22 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: upgrading award bios to see ide 40mb disk > > > > hi, > > does anyone know how to upgrade an award bios (so that it will see my 40mb > > ide-drive) either via dos or under linux and a pointer to a site (other > > then award.com) to get the necessary tools/drivers. > > > > Thanx for any insites. > > > > ----------- > > Andor Demarteau > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have done this several times here. I have found that the absolute > BEST way is to visit the homepage of your MOTHERBOARD (not Award) and > get the proper files from their tech support section. They usually have > excellent instructions on just how to do the upgrade. The reason for > this is that each motherboard mfg. will apply certain custom "tweaks" to > their BIOS that they order from AWARD, and they will be the ones to have > the "latest and greatest" changes to make their motherboards work > properly. Most of the times I have done this, the files were under the > tech support / downloads sections. READ, COPY, and RE-READ the install > instruction carefully! You can really mess up the MB, if you don't > follow the directions!! > > You generally have to d/l two files. The first is the new BIOS image, > and the second is an "Awardflash" utility program that actually does the > install of the image file. Also, it is important that you bootup into a > minimal MSDOS environment (no extra drivers, extended memory enabled, > etc). It is important since the flash program will use most of the > available memory below 640K. I have found here that the "minmal dos" > selection on the WIN ME rescue floppy will give the proper environment. > Earlier versions of Windows were quite difficult to get going...you > essentially had to make a "system" disk and copy over the two files > mentioned previously....and ONLY those files! > > I don't know of any way to do this under Linux, although I would be > quite happy to learn how if someone else knows. > > Cheers, > -Don Spoon- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----------- Andor Demarteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------
