On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday 21 January 2010 00:40:26 Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:39:46 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> > > Don't tell my motherboard that or it will refuse to update next time >> > > unless I run some program or other. >> > >> > So without a program to do flash updates (or at least some code >> > somewhere that might not be in .exe or ELF format) how does your >> > motherboard do flash updates? >> >> There's code somewhere of course, but no program to run. I just put the >> update file on a USB stick and hold down a key while booting. The code >> runs direct from the motherboard, there's no operating system >> requirement, it's a very civilized system. > > Yes, very civilised. > > I have a hacked-up-too-gazooks android phone that works the same way >
It doesn't help Grant (at least directly) but the new Intel MB I got to replace my 5 year old Asus which fried last week lists 4 ways to update BIOS: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18509&ProdId=3142&lang=eng The fourth is specifically for Linux systems. - Mark
