On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 01:21:12PM +0200, Timo Sch?ler wrote:
> >1. Bought new memory card, PC won't boot, advised to upgrade bios.
> >2. Downloaded the req'd .zip file on another PC running NetBSD. 
> >Unzipped it - got a .bin file.
> >3. Assuming I can cp this (the .zip) to a floppy what do I do with 
> >this file if I can copy it to the other machine.
> >NetBSD 2.0_BETA i386
> 
> ad 2) it seems that you only have the file which contains the new 
> firmware/bios; watch out for a *utility* that 'uploads' this file onto 
> the hardware. (AFAIR the pc people use mainly DOS-based tools for this 
> -- i'm a maccie ;)
> 
> ad 3) you want to have a DOS boot disk (kind of) handy and copy both 
> the (.bin) file *and* the (to get) utility onto this disk. boot from it 
> and run the utility.

OK, thanks for your reply Timo. I think I pulled it off OK. However, the PC still won't boot with the new memory in. Any ideas before I send it back to Crucial and consign this old box to the 'potential firewall box' corner? 

Best regards,
Ja'far
-- 
Know thy OS.