Flash a Bios?...bootCD...?

[JGM]

In booting from a CD is it possible to Flash a Bios?......I have an Asus
board and want to update the bios but I dont use a floppy anymore so could I
just make a bootable CD and then add the AFLASH.EXE and the BIOS .ROM file
to the CD........Just wandering ?....I think this would work....any
suggestions?
JGM

 

[Venom]

In booting from a CD is it possible to Flash a Bios?......I have an Asus
board and want to update the bios but I dont use a floppy anymore so could I
just make a bootable CD and then add the AFLASH.EXE and the BIOS .ROM file
to the CD........Just wandering ?....I think this would work....any
suggestions?
JGM

Flashing from a floppy is the safest method of course.
If whatever you try fails, go to www.badflash.com

 

[P2B]

In booting from a CD is it possible to Flash a Bios?......I have an Asus
board and want to update the bios but I dont use a floppy anymore so could I
just make a bootable CD and then add the AFLASH.EXE and the BIOS .ROM file
to the CD........Just wandering ?....I think this would work....any
suggestions?
JGM

The procedure you propose is overly complex and could cause problems,
given you'd need to load a CD driver. Better to make a bootable CD
containing nothing but a bootable floppy image, with all required files
included in the floppy image.

From there, it will work exactly the same way as using a real floppy -
except you won't be able to save the current BIOS first, which is always
recommended.

However, if the system has a FAT partition on the hard drive(s), you can
save it there - in which case you could forget the CD and run the BIOS
update from DOS installed on the FAT partition.

HTH

P2B

 

[Robert Hancock]

In booting from a CD is it possible to Flash a Bios?......I have an Asus
board and want to update the bios but I dont use a floppy anymore so could I
just make a bootable CD and then add the AFLASH.EXE and the BIOS .ROM file
to the CD........Just wandering ?....I think this would work....any
suggestions?
JGM

Yes, it is possible, though somewhat of a pain, and it's by far easiest
if you have access to a machine with a floppy and a burner. Basically,
you create the BIOS floppy as usual, then use Nero, etc. to create a
boot CD with the floppy as the source for the boot image..