Free Dos Install Bios
Skip FreeDOS install, menu option 2; Run exe that isn’t prefixed with “win” Watch while the BIOS is flashed; What Actually Worked. Condensed steps from my journey above. On a Linux machine, download the “Full USB” version of FreeDOS; Flash it to a USB stick: dd if=./bla.img of=/dev/sde bs=4M conv=fsync status=progress. A guidance how to create a bootable USB-Stick / Pendrive (incl. MS-DOS system files) to perform a BIOS update. See also: BIOS-Update Howto: step-by-step instruction see also: BIOS Update per bootable CD see also: BIOS Update per DOS-Boot-Diskette Requirements. OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8. The HPUSBDiskStorageFormatTool do not work under Windows 10!
- Free Dos Install Bios Update
- Freedos Install Bios
- Freedos Kernel
- Freedos Install Software
- Freedos Setup And Installation
I have an old motherboard that requires creating a DOS boot floppy in order to upgrade its BIOS. Fortunately, it's not too hard to do this with FreeDOS and a USB stick.
The instructions below are based on an old FDos wiki article.You maye have more luck with the latest instructions from the official wiki
Downloading the dependencies
The first step is to download the required files from your motherboard manufacturer:
- the latest BIOS image
- the BIOS flashing program
and then install the tools you'll need:
Preparing the 'floppy' image
Free Dos Install Bios Update
Start by collecting all of the files you need to install FreeDOS on the USB stick:
Freedos Install Bios
and then create a directory for the files that will end up in the root directory of the 'floppy':
Freedos Kernel
and copy the BIOS image and update program into that same directory (/tmp/fs-root/).
Freedos Install Software
Creating a bootable USB stick
Freedos Setup And Installation
Plug in a FAT-formatted USB stick and look for the device it uses (/dev/sdb in the example below).
Finally, run makebootfat: