PXE booting for BIOS updates: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 23:37, 18 January 2011
So you're all about the free software. But you've just obtained a new (or old) machine. And its firmware is out of date and in need of updates. It doesn't have a floppy drive, just a CD or DVD drive and USB hard drive support. There aren't any copies of DOS or Windows in the house that might be used to for a firmware update. Ah, but it will netboot!
set up DHCP to point net-booting machines at a TFTP server
install a TFTP server
install pxelinux and create a config file
default config file
PXElinux's memdisk driver
create a floppy image to netboot
Get FreeDOS bits
mtools to format
- update /etc/mtools.conf:
- specify a file instead of a floppy special device
- specify 12-bit FAT
- use FreeDOS boot sector