From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261255AbVABPLC (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 10:11:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261258AbVABPLB (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 10:11:01 -0500 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:23460 "EHLO mail-out.m-online.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261255AbVABPK5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 10:10:57 -0500 Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:11:46 +0100 From: Klaus Kurzmann To: Bill Davidsen Cc: Terry Hardie , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Asus P4C800-E Deluxe and Intel Pro/1000 Message-ID: <20050102151146.GA5424@fluxnetz.de> References: <41D7587C.7010200@tmr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41D7587C.7010200@tmr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Bill Davidsen [050115 06:13]: > Terry Hardie wrote: > >On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > > > > >>>Since I flashed my bios, no more problems, so I've had no more failures > >> > >>I hesitate to try that, since the web page says you must use "real DOS" > >>and gives instructions for creating the FD using that. Since I lack both > >>DOS and a floppy, that does present problems... > > > > > >Not even a windows XP machine you can use to make a boot floppy? > I can write the firmware on a CD and use an XP machine in several > places, but then I have no place to stick the floppy after I write it... the P4P800-E should have EZ-flash. No need for boot floppies. Just put the ROM-Image on a CD (or floppy) and press Alt-F2 on startup: http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/ezflash.htm