[BALUG-Talk] Options for booting windows to update BIOS?

[Jesse Zbikowski]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Matt Harrington <mbh.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have some Intel and Supermicro motherboards which need upgraded
> BIOSes, and the BIOS update utility for at least one motherboard is
> Windows-only.  I believe I went down this path a few years ago by
> burning a FreeDOS CD, but I seem to remember it being a hassle.

I did exactly this a couple years ago for a Supermicro motherboard.
The only trick I remember is that you have to burn not a stock FreeDOS
CD but a customized one with the BIOS utility added.  Then you should
be good to go.