dang. the bios im running is old. id like to flash it to a slightly less old one. linux noob.. so please use small words.

the mobo is Intel (Tabor3) BX Motherboard R3. the link to the bios is http://support.gateway.com/support/driv ... am=4000532

(i cant find it on the intel website - its an old gateway machine - they liked to use these mobos)

the bios update is in the form of a .exe file. The instructions say to copy the xxxx.exe to a IBM formatted floppy, and then reboot the computer. They make the point that the disk must be a preformatted disk, rather than one formatted though window (like i was likely to format a disk anyway).

My windows puter is a laptop - no floppy drive. my linux on.. the one im trying to flash doesn't have a fdd - though i have several in the drawer. I'm a lazy man however.

Can someone tell me a suitable way to flash the bios?

danke.

More than likely the instructions tell you that you need a DOS bootable floppy.

Not without a bootable floppy. The .exe file is a DOS executable, so you'll need a DOS OS to execute it. That's where the floppy comes in.

ISTR reading that some motherboard manufacturers are realizing that not everyone runs Windoze, and they are working on alternatives to the DOS floppy/executable. I don't know that anyone has implemented this however.

www.bootdisk.com might be your answer.... there are several tools (disk images) at this site for creating a boot disk, as well there are directions for modifying a CD ISO so that you can have your flash file on a burnt CD that you boot and flash from.

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Too lazy to update this with my current hardware, I'll redo it during my next install =)