Thank you. Is there a FAQ or HOWTO for how to flash like this or is it just straightforward and easily picked up from the LinuxBIOS documentation?
Also I think I'd better have some option to get the old BIOS back, especially if I'm going to ask ASUS how to do all this - otherwise their likely answer will be "if you do this you break your board and we will not fix it for you - you'll need to get a new one".
I don't know if there's some standard way to get a PC to "revert to factory BIOS" with a key combination on bootup or something?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Hendricks David W." dwh@lanl.gov To: "Carl Peto" carl@bookmanassociates.com Cc: "LinuxBIOS" linuxbios@clustermatic.org Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:57 PM Subject: Re: Upload to generic
Yes, that is possible. However, Asus sometimes does some weird stuff with their SMbus, so it might not be possible to make a port for your mainboard without some documentation from Asus.
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Carl Peto wrote:
I am new to LinuxBIOS but have years of Linux experience.
I would like to upgrade my test PC to LinuxBIOS but do not want to
replace
the existing motherboard.
Is it possible to "flash" LinuxBIOS into a standard motherboard, like
mine.
I have an ASUS motherboard K7A or something like that.
Also if I do this and it goes wrong, can I undo it or do I have to go to
the
manufacturer and pretend that I don't know how it broke? :)
Thanks, Carl Peto
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