Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1213 mails)

[Ismail Doenmez <idoenmez@xxxxxxx>]

Hi;

Quoting Basil Chupin <blchupin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Yesterday I picked up from the store all the bits from which to  
> create a new magical computer - which I will be so doing in the next  
> 12 hours or so.
>
> There is an upgrade available to the BIOS on the motherboard - which  
> the installation instructions suggest be done.
>
> However, the darn upgrade file is an *.exe file. I have "unarched"  
> this file and it contains a *bat, an *exe and the actual BIOS  
> upgrade file.
>
> I have never applied a BIOS upgrade while using Linux, and the last  
> time I did apply a BIOS upgrade was some 9 years ago under XP.
>
> The question therefore is: how do I apply this BIOS upgrade when I  
> install openSUSE (12.1)?
>
> Thanks for any hints/comments.


Usually these *.exe files are DOS compatible so you can use Firmware  
Update Kit (FUK) , see  
http://lizards.opensuse.org/2012/01/19/fuk-the-kit-you-will-love/

Regards.

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