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Do I need to install Windows to update the BIOS?

  • 12-12-2010 04:34PM
    #1
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,692 ✭✭✭


    As per the title do I have to have Windows/Dos on my PC to run a BIOS update?

    The PC I wish to update is Xubuntu only. I can use another Windows PC to create the floppy disk for the BIOS update (I think). Do I just need the floppy or does the OS also need to be Windows?

    I've read this but it seems a bit complex for me and I don't want to take a risk of bricking my motherboard.


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  • #2
    bhickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭bhickey


    DeepBlue wrote: »
    As per the title do I have to have Windows/Dos on my PC to run a BIOS update?

    Unlikely. It depends on your PC. What PC do you have and where are you getting the BIOS update from?


  • #3
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,692 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    It's a Dell Dimension 8250 and I'd be getting the BIOS update from Dell's support site here.


  • #4
    bhickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭bhickey


    If you have access to a Windows machine with a floopy drive, then the link here explains how to download a single file onto a Windows machine and how to use that to generate a bootable DOS floppy. You can then boot from that floppy and update the BIOS,


  • #5
    croo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 1,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭croo


    http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-flash-motherboard-bios-from-linux-no-dos-windows-no-floppy-drive.html

    might help


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,137 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    you could use freedos

    a lot of the older dell BIOS images were bootable floppy disks , you could extract the floppy image and make the floppy in linux,


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  • #7
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,692 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    bhickey wrote: »
    If you have access to a Windows machine with a floopy drive, then the link here explains how to download a single file onto a Windows machine and how to use that to generate a bootable DOS floppy. You can then boot from that floppy and update the BIOS,
    Only got around to applying the update last night. ^^ This worked without a hitch. :)


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