"Win98" boot disk for BIOS update?

[Guest]

To update the BIOS on my Tyan motherboard, the instructions are very
insistant that I use a Win98 boot disk, to avoid having any programs loaded
from a system disk created with a WinXP format. In Win2k, there were options
for creating a system disk within the command prompt, but not with WinXP. A
batch file that I used to use to create Win98 bootable floppies just gripes
about "wrong DOS."

How can I make a clean boot floppy that will enable me to run BIOS update
files, and not load any "helpful" programs into memory or elsewhere?

Thanks for any ideas.

 

[Pennywise]

To update the BIOS on my Tyan motherboard, the instructions are very
insistant that I use a Win98 boot disk, to avoid having any programs loaded
from a system disk created with a WinXP format. In Win2k, there were options
for creating a system disk within the command prompt, but not with WinXP. A
batch file that I used to use to create Win98 bootable floppies just gripes
about "wrong DOS."

How can I make a clean boot floppy that will enable me to run BIOS update
files, and not load any "helpful" programs into memory or elsewhere?

Thanks for any ideas.

www.bootdisk.com

The bios must be flashed in a DOS enviroment (real mode)

 

[Rock]

To update the BIOS on my Tyan motherboard, the instructions are very
insistant that I use a Win98 boot disk, to avoid having any programs
loaded
from a system disk created with a WinXP format. In Win2k, there were
options
for creating a system disk within the command prompt, but not with WinXP.
A
batch file that I used to use to create Win98 bootable floppies just
gripes
about "wrong DOS."

How can I make a clean boot floppy that will enable me to run BIOS update
files, and not load any "helpful" programs into memory or elsewhere?

www.bootdisk.com

Google.com is a good resource. Doing a simple search for Create Windows 98
Boot Disk brings up this as the first hit.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Your XP should have an option to "Create MS DOS boot disk." This should be
okay for BIOS updates.