BIOS updates in Linux?

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Mon Jun 6 19:18:47 UTC 2011


On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 02:18:43PM -0400, Thomas Milne wrote:
> Maybe I'm using the wrong search terms, but I can't find anything on
> updating an Asus mobo BIOS from Linux. On the Asus site, they did have Linux
> listed in the menu for update files, but when I download the BIOS update
> from their link, it is an MS executable file. None of my machines have a
> floppy drive, so I can't boot from an MSDOS disk, even if I had one. How do
> people normally handle this?

Most ASUS boards made in the last 10 or so years can flash themselves
from USB.  Hit alt+F2 at the bios and it will boot a bios flasher.
Some can even flash from CD.

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