What circumstances suggest the need for a BIOS update ?
- Vous devez vous identifier ou créer un compte pour écrire des commentaires
While my Trisquel installation seems perfectly happy with things as they are, it occurs to me that when the time comes that I need to update the BIOS of my legacy motherboard (no Intel email, phone or chat support) can I or should I even try, and can I do so without resort to a *indows computer ? My Trisquel installation has no *indows OS residing inside it.
Reading Intel's instructions, I came to a page which leads to this non-Intel webpage:
[deleted, please don't link to instructions on installing non-free software]
Which describes how to create a bootable USB stick ... but will that be sufficient if I also place the BIOS upgrade file downloaded from the Intel site onto that same bootable USB stick ?
[deleted]
Will there be sufficient OS on that USB stick to execute the installation of the BIOS update onto the motherboard operated by Trisquel?
I'm anxious to avoid placing any *indows OS on the same computer as Trisquel. I got along that way with separate debian and *indows computers for about fifteen years, communicating files with a network attached hard drive, external storage at my ISP, or CD's.
Looks like the flashrom package might come handy. Just install the package and fire away I believe. Note that you don't want to run out of power while the update is taking place or you risk bricking your box.
I remember doing a BIOS update in my former life to enable larger hard disks. Back then I used the popular legacy operating system I've since left behind.
Probably everything will work nicely but there is always a risk so you might not want to do it just for fun. YMMV.
A private messenger chided me for discussing non-free S/W, but that's the point that lembas addresses above: there _is_ a Trisquel package to perform the task of upgrading BIOS without having to resort to *indows. I was worried because the much-praised Intel site doesn't mention any support for linux in regard to BIOS updates.
And yes, there's nothing untoward going in with my Trisquel's handling or adaptability to the hardware; in fact, I swapped out the motherboard and the process was 100% transparent - no modifications at all required by Trisquel to handle the change. I did do a sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade right afterwards and received quite a lot of new material that was duly shoe-horned into place, all hassle-free. So I presently see no reason to contemplate doing a BIOS upgrade just to show off.
Thanks are due to all who support this fine Trisquel operating system.
My continuing troubles with 5-1/4 inch floppies prompted me to see if an updated BIOS would activate another floppy driver on the motherboard ... which was in vain ... but Intel's website does provide a reasonable if non-free method of creating a 3-1/2 inch bootable floppy with all the wherewithall to upload that BIOS. I actually did that with two identical Intel D865GLC motherboards, which still work fine afterwards.
- Vous devez vous identifier ou créer un compte pour écrire des commentaires