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--- userdoc:how_to_flash_bios [2012/10/21 14:45]
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+++ userdoc:how_to_flash_bios [2016/04/20 08:47]
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 **Create a DOS bootable USB Drive**
-Using Windows, download and install: [[http://rufus.akeo.ie/|Rufus]]
+Using Windows, download and install: [[https://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US|Rufus]]
+Plugin your USB Drive, then run Rufus, essentially using the defaults, choose
+  * "MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI computers" ((only on newer Rufus versions))
+  * "FAT (Default)" file system
+  * "Create a bootable disk using: FreeDOS".
-Plugin your USB Drive, then run Rufus, essentially using the defaults, choose "Create a bootable disk using: FreeDOS".\\
 The screen should look something like this:
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 The above step only needs to be done once, in fact if you are not a Windows fan the next step may be done on almost any operating system, OS X for example.
+//If you don't have access to a Windows installation, the 2nd best option is [[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net|UNetbooting]] which is also available for Linux and Mac OS X.//
 **Download the BIOS upgrade**
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 [[http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2012/10/12/how-to-flash-a-bios/|How to Flash a BIOS]]. Skip the "Booting DOS from a USB Drive" part since we covered that here using Rufus.
+!!Tip ->!!  If you have a serial console, you can edit the ''AUTOEXEC.BAT'' file and add the following snippet:
+  beep
+  mode com1 9600 n 8 1
+  echo Switching Console to COM1 at 9600 8N1
+  ctty com1
+  echo Freedos on COM1:
+\\
+\\
+\\