I have a laptop that I need to update the BIOS but I cant get into Windows. Here is what I want to do.I know I need a DOS boot able disk. I figured I would download the FreeDOS disk and just add a file to the iso and burn the ISO. So far I cannot do that and I don't know how or even if there is a way to do this. So the long of the short of it is I need a bootable cd that is dos based and has my BIOS update file on it.
View 2 RepliesI'm looking for a way to make a bootable floppy that has drdflash.img, my flash utility and my bios file on it for a bios recovery disk. This is on a board that has a failed bios, so everything is pretty much dead (except for the humble floppy drive). I don't have a screen to work with so this floppy needs to be able to run the utility and automatically flash the chip for me. I've heard this is possible, but am unable to find clear instructions on how to do any of this. I know the basics of it is to copy the bios file and flash utility to a floppy along with a bootdisk that will run these things (sometimes the .bat file needs to be modified in order to do this automatically). So I've downloaded drdflash but it came as a .img and I don't think it can be 'just' copied to disk. I came across the 'dd' command but have also heard its nicknamed 'data destroyer' or words to that effect.
View 4 Replies View RelatedIt seems that the canonical instructions for making a bootable USB flash drive that runs memtest are at:
[URL]
However, after following them to a T, I boot up the new machine and get:
"could not find kernel image: linux"
Do I need to set up a lilo.conf first?
I would like to boot Ubuntu 8.04 i386 from my USB flash drive. [URL] I took following steps:
1) made sure that usb_storage.ko kernel module is loaded
Code:
root@martin-desktop:~# lsmod | grep -i storage
usb_storage 39585 1
root@martin-desktop:~#
2) inserted USB flash drive
Code:
root@martin-desktop:~# tail -n0 -f /var/log/messages
Jan 29 01:43:23 martin-desktop kernel: [440650.637531] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Jan 29 01:43:23 martin-desktop kernel: [440650.776107] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
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When I set "USB flash drive" as a first bootable device in BIOS, I get SYSLINUX "boot:" prompt and it loads both "vmlinuz" and "initrd.gz", but finally I end up in BusyBox prompt and following message:
Quote:
"Check root= bootarg cat /proc/cmdline or missing modules, devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev ALERT! does not exist. Dropping to a shell!"
Last boot message which I see is "Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0".what might cause such behavior? Did I miss anything while preparing USB flash drive?
I have a USB drive of 4 GB and I want to make the drive as bootable. I used the command /sbin/mkbootdisk --device /dev/sdb1 "kernal version" ( sdb1 is my pen drive).When i ran this cmd,it gave me an error saying not enough space to write.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIs there any possibility to move my already installed ubuntu linux to the usb flash and make it bootable. So that it would boot on the other machine?I have an installed ubuntu karmic linux installed on my machine. I want to make it portable, to move it with all installed packages and tuned software to a usb-flash drive.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI need to flash my BIOS to get rid of an error: "Intel uCode loading error". On [URL] I have found a tutorial, that looks to be fine. I can even see in the comments, that somebody have done this with success from Ubuntu 9.04, the very same system, that I use. Nevertheless I cannot make this bootCD with my Ubuntu 9.04, as it doesn't know the loop option to mount the image.
In the tutorial it says: "Requirements for this step is that you have support for the vfat and loop file systems in the kernel. Or you can have those features compiled as modules. In the latter case you can load the modules before the next step, like this:
modprobe vfat
modprobe loop"
loop doesn't seem to be present in my system, and the command modprobe loop returns an error that the module is not available. I tried to follow the tutorial anyway, but with no success. How can I get the module lopp? I also want to use it to make iso images bootsble from the harddisk.
How do i create a bootable CD to update my BIOS in ubuntu 10.04
View 2 Replies View RelatedI purchased a book about Linux called the Linux Starter Kit. It came with a full install disc. The disc is labeled: Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, Bootable & Installable LiveCD.
After playing with the thing for a while, I decided to take the plunge and install it on my Dell Inspiron laptop. I went through the entire install. Everything worked fine. I shut the computer down.
The very next time I turned on the computer I got the message "BIOS does not find a bootable source."
Right now, the laptop is a big paperweight--unless I either learn how to get Ubuntu to run installed so I can do real work with it, or reinstall XP.
Anyone here knows the OpenSuse install CD runthrough? I am using DELL pc's, and remember installing Linux as being a few almost basic steps on my self assembled clone pc's in my youth. Now, over ten years later I want to redo that and return to my old playground. I am using after over 12 years administering MS stuff again applications running on unix (solaris) at my work. Its like homecoming but in a difficult way, I am brainwashed and not really into unix anymore. So... lets install linux again at home. Returning to my favorite Suse distribution in the old days (who knows why).
I went through the installation (Opensuse11) simple, standard to start with, so mainly next (ACPI disabled). Rebooted... and the pc finds no recognized bootable HDD. OK, well, try again, other HDD to be sure, results in the same. Set manually the root partition as active. No go, I feel as a newbie again. What happened to me in those last years? Tried to do it also with a fedora distri - same outcome. When plugging these HDD in another recent (DELL) pc, it also does not recognize the HDD as bootable. Both disks have been part of a system before and functioned; until I changed this system for this other purpose. Probably i am missing something basic??
I installed Ubuntu 7.10 on my desktop a month ago before I left my apartment for winter break. It worked beautifully for the week I used it, but now the computer won't boot. I'm using the ubuntu live cd right now to type this. I can't install it over my last hdd because apparently both of my hdds aren't bootable. I unplugged the computer for the month I was gone and the BIOS date reset to 2004. I'm not sure if that affected anything, whether I need to replace the CMOS battery? The computer was built in 2004 so I'm thinking the battery might be old. Basically the computer functions on the live cd, just won't boot from either hdd.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI need to install a bios update to fix my PC after I upgraded the CPU. BIOS update should fix it.
But...This seems to be way harder than it should be. I'd be great if motherboard manufacturers could provide bootable iso images with all the tools to do the job without us having the build these ourselves...
Anyway, how do I go about creating a freedos bootable CDR under Kubuntu that is BIGGER than 1.44 MB!
My image file is 1MB already. The flashing program 32KB. I tried the methods from the various forums and just couldn't get them to work. Either ran out of space, or all the links to fdos were broken.
By the way, [url] doesn't seem to be right anymore and thats where everyone is pointing. I would probably have had this sorted if I could have the 2.88 MB image, but all I can find is a 1.44MB image and I have now idea how you can grow that to a bigger one. Why be stuck with 1.44MB? are we still in the 1990's ?
I have made a usb ubuntu bootable memory stick following ubuntu instructions, using startup disk creator, i used a fresh burnt cd with correct md5 checksum, 32 bit desktop 386i created the key with 4 gb persistence area, the key is 8Gb corsair. I have made keys before successfully. Ive tried several attempts and I even tried using iso image in windows with the software to create the key as per ubuntu instructions. Every time the key makes successfully. Then this happens
I put usb key in pc, boot, it starts to boot ubuntu, it gets as far as ubuntu logo with 5 dots scanning across and stays at this point. I just hit F1 and got this message.
Quote:(process:411) Glib - Warning ** : getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (0) Stdin:error 0
Im not an expert but that looks like something to do with passwords???
I want to be able to access an old pc at home from any computer but I don't want to leave the computer on all the time (I won't use it regularly and I don't believe in wasting energy just cause I can). I've heard that some bioses have wake-on-LAN but I have no other machine on the LAN that will be left on (apparently it's impossible to wake a computer from off the LAN???) so my solution is to buy a raspberry pi (perhaps there is something cheaper/better??) and leave that on that I can ssh to from anywhere and then wake my pc from there. Unfortunately my bios doesn't have a wake-on-lan function and so I'm hoping that I can update my bios to a version that has a wake-on-lan option (perhaps there is a better way?).
oli@deb-serv:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:Debian
Description:Debian GNU/Linux 8.2 (jessie)
Release:8.2
Codename:jessie
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So I've started to try and find a new bios to update. I think I need one of these: [URL]
I have a problem with flashing a BIOS. I have to use PXE to boot the computer, which actually works fine through syslinux. I also managed to find a FreeDOS floppy image (1.44 MB) that will be booted using syslinux.
The problem is moving the BIOS rom on to the computer to flash. For roms that fit on to the FreeDOS img it works fine if I just add the rom and the exe for flashing to the floppy image. But one of the roms I shall work with is to big to fit even on a 2.88 MB floppy.
I found a "Howto: BIOS-Update per bootable CD (Method II)" for creating a bootable iso holding the DOS image and the additional files for flashing. Using a syslinux configuration like Code: default boot prompt 0 label boot linux memdisk initrd 20101201_091658.iso append iso the iso will be transfered to the client and I get an "A:>" DOS prompt.
According to the HowTo I should be able to switch to drive of the "cd" and access the rom file there. I've tried all drive letters, but all I get is "Invalid drive <letter>:.". I tried booting the DOS with more drivers (FDCD0001 as CD-ROM driver) but it says "No CD-ROM drive to use; XCDROM not loaded!". Additionally it promts: "SHCDX33A installed. o drives assigned. 2 drive(s) available." Here is the question:
How am I able to reach the files from the iso that are not included to the DOS image?
Or maybe there is another way to flash a large BIOS rom over PXE?
I am trying to flash my bios but they only supply an exe or a floppy image. obviosly I am not running windows to run the exe and I dont have a floppy drive. So I have been trying to copy the floppy image to a cd with little success.Size of boot image is 2884 sectors -> genisoimage: Error - boot image 'F1B.IMG' has not an allowable size.The way I understand it thats 4 sectors over the 1.44Mb floppy size? Is there a way I continue anyway? Seeing that I will be putting it on a cd I cant see that the size is going to matter
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all winblow$ are fine.
lspci shows ehthernet card
did 'netconfig' and
'route -n' shows default settings as if /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd1.conf were never set.
oh yes, i manually edited this too. mv'd and netconfig'd.
How can I make a bootable dvd with a image that has a .ndf extension?
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI'm afraid I am going to expose my age here.
I remember being able to format a 3.5 inch floppy using MS DOS. The command was format a:/s
("a" was the drive letter and the "/s" was to add the bootable system file.)
HOW can I do that in LINUX, specially Debian 6.01 (my current version) I googled it and found a bunch of sites all offering answers.
NONE worked for me, I saw an option in a Slackware installation with a "make bootable USB stick option".
(It can be used as a rescue USB Stick also) We don't have that in Debian. How can I do that with my current Debian install?
I have several Debian USB installs on flash drives, They work great and give the user an opportunity to run and experience Debian with modifying their set-up. I am trying to set-up one that will NOT only boot and work as a live install, but will also allow me to install on the host machine right from the working USB Flash drive, if I choose to do so.
how to get a working bootable USB boot disk for DOS using Fedora 12. I needed the dos boot disk to flash my motherboard BIOS as it did not support linux for updating the bios. Thought I'd put the steps involved to help other people who wanted to do something similar. The steps outlined here are for a Fedora 12 system. You should be able to extrapolate the minor changes that may be required for other linux distributions. All commands listed below to be typed in on a command prompt, logged in as root. Here goes...
1. Prerequisites:
syslinux
testdisk
freedos base cd (http://www.freedos.org/)
[code]....
Acknowledgments:
1. [URL] for enlightening me on the fact that testdisk could be used instead of install-mbr
2. [URL] upon which this howto is broadly based.
I'm just interested if there does exist any utility for creating bootable flash drives? I mean, if I could make somehow LiveCD with KDE desktop on openSUSE? I used Ubuntu and it had it's own utility with nice GUI, it just needed any bootable .ISO file or bootable CD/DVD and it created LiveCD on USB flash drive. So is there any chance to find something similar?
I work in a computer service center and it'll be very helpful (I think) to have bootable USB Flash dive with operating system to log into dead operating system partitions. Of course I have Windows LiveCD, but it has as much bugs as it's parent big brother.Oh, I forget to post my operating system versio. I'm using openSUSE 11.2 x64 with KDE version 4.3.5
I just downloaded Ubuntu 9.04 while using the 8.10 live cd. I was planning to burn it to a disc, but I forgot all about the live cd issue. So is there anyway I can burn Ubuntu 9.04 without having to download it to a real os. Or can I make a bootable usb with the live cd of 8.10.
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