Flash Bios from DOS Disk without hassle

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1 get software

download Windows98.img from allbootdisks.com
install UNetbootin
  • apt-get install unetbootin

2 prepare usb stick

take a FAT32 formated USB stick 

# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
...
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1        1323     3910640    b  W95 FAT32

# mkfs.vfat -n FLASH -F32 /dev/sdb1

3 write image

  • start UNetbootin and write win98 floppy image to stick
FROM
Diskimage > Floppy > Windows98.img
TO
Type: USB Drive > Drive: /dev/sdb1

3.1 add flash software

copy the files for flashing to the root DIR of the stick.
remeber to not use more then 8 chars per name.

4 flash it

go to the server and boot from USB Stick. flash files can be found on drive c:

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