boot image to upgrade various firmwares

[Scott R. Ehrlich]

On Thu, 8 May 2008, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a DOS-compatible boot image that I can be used to
> upgrade bios and cd/dvd drive firmware on dell machines. Using an old
> freedos 1440k image I was able to burn an .iso and boot from it. However
> it didn't install the correct drivers to access the cd drive, so I
> couldn't get to the firmware upgrade file.
>
> What kind of utility is best for that task?
>
> Thanks,
>
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Seeing that most CD/DVD drives are IDE-connected, perform a search within 
Dell or google for cdenab.exe.  That will let you create a DOS-bootable 
disk that can also access the CD drive via atapi.

You could also likely combine this with a cd-burning program that can 
produce a bootable CD.

Hope that helps.

Scott