Is it possible to update a DOS BIOS without a floppy?

[Operandi]

I have a older socket A system that I am rebuilding (there won't be a floppy drive) and would like to update the BIOS (for 137GB+ drives).

Is it possible to make a bootable DOS CD and update it that way?

 

[amdskip]

Maybe but why not just hook up a floppy for the flash and remove when done?

 

[SkyDiver]

There are a lot of options out there. Google this: dos boot cd

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Do you have a thumb drive? And does the BIOS allow for USB thumb drives to be booted off of? And do you have another machine with a floppy?

 

[RichUK]

Seriously, google is your friend.

There are various results from this google search which will help you out.

Example:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=bootable+dos+CD&meta=

 

[RichUK]

More specifically, check this link out:

http://espen.se/index.php?subaction=sho...090874357&archive=&start_from=&ucat=9&

All you?ll need to add to the downloadable image is the BIOS binary file and the flash utility for that board.

Obviously put that in a separate directory, then run the utility once you?ve booted into DOS. Simple.

 

[Operandi]

I do have a USB drive.

The current version of the BIOS doesn't allow for bootable USB devices.

I remembered that I have a spare loose floppy drive laying around so I just used that.

It also looks like Nero has built in support for creating a bootable DOS CD-ROM which would also work correct?

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: RichUK
More specifically, check this link out:

http://espen.se/index.php?subaction=sho...090874357&archive=&start_from=&ucat=9&

All you?ll need to add to the downloadable image is the BIOS binary file and the flash utility for that board.

Obviously put that in a separate directory, then run the utility once you?ve booted into DOS. Simple.

Thanks , I'm going to download that and put it in a safe place.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Bootdisk.com -- great place for getting ISOs and files to generate bootable DOS floppies... This place is awesome.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: Operandi
I do have a USB drive.

The current version of the BIOS doesn't allow for bootable USB devices.

I remembered that I have a spare loose floppy drive laying around so I just used that.

It also looks like Nero has built in support for creating a bootable DOS CD-ROM which would also work correct?

That's correct, I?ve created one before.

I've been in this situation before where I couldn't get a hold of an internal floppy drive when needing to update a BIOS.

Luckily with my company laptop they supplied me with a USB floppy drive, which was detected as the reserved secondary floppy drive when plugged into the motherboard, the B:\ drive. Anyway, I was able to use that just fine to boot from a floppy.

 

[Anubis]

winflash will do it from within windows