<div dir="ltr">I was able to update the BIOS on my HP DX2300 (also a business-class Micro Tower) with so-called 'Microsoft only' tools. <br><br>I made a FreeDOS floppy and put the DOS AWFLASH executable with the BIOS *.bin file and it went great!<br>
<br>Send me your Laptop details, and I'll send you a solution for updating the BIOS without Windows.<br clear="all"><br>.:====================================================:.<br><br>Amichai Rotman<br><br>UIN#: 6401746<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/2/6 Ori Idan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ori@helicontech.co.il">ori@helicontech.co.il</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">There is a BIOS update, however since I do not have windows on this computer, I can not run it.<br><br>-- <br><font color="#888888">Ori Idan</font><div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Dotan Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dotancohen@gmail.com" target="_blank">dotancohen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">2009/2/5 Ori Idan <<a href="mailto:ori@helicontech.co.il" target="_blank">ori@helicontech.co.il</a>>:<br>
<div>> It seems that the DoK solution is not good for me.<br>
> The computer I am trying to install on is IBM ThinkPad X31 and it seems that<br>
> it can't boot from DoK so although I have a working Ubuntu DoK I can not use<br>
> it for my computer.<br>
> Does anyone have any idea how can I install Ubuntu on this computer without<br>
> a CD?<br>
> The computer already has an old version of Debian running on it.<br>
><br>
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</div>Have you searched for a BIOS update that would let you boot from USB?<br>
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