Flash BIOS from XP recovery console?

[onetimeonlyposter]

Most of my computers are now floppy-diskless.

**Is the Windows XP recovery console enough of a DOS environment that I
could use that to flash a BIOS?**

I can install a recovery console environment without having to add a floppy
drive.

Alternatively, I could set up a dual-boot to Windows 98SE's DOS (which can
read my C drive which is FAT32), but it seems that I would have to add a
floppy drive back in (at least temporarily) to get this added.

Thanks for any advice.

David Walker

In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt DWalker <none@none.com> wrote:

>Most of my computers are now floppy-diskless.
>
>**Is the Windows XP recovery console enough of a DOS environment that I
>could use that to flash a BIOS?**
>
>I can install a recovery console environment without having to add a floppy
>drive.
>
>Alternatively, I could set up a dual-boot to Windows 98SE's DOS (which can
>read my C drive which is FAT32), but it seems that I would have to add a
>floppy drive back in (at least temporarily) to get this added.
>
>Thanks for any advice.
>
>David Walker

You can make a bootable CD ....

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[onetimeonlyposter]

Frank McCoy <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote in
news:b4q3535699usplh80hlcs6bgovds12821n@4ax.com:

> In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt DWalker <none@none.com> wrote:
>
>>Most of my computers are now floppy-diskless.
>>
>>**Is the Windows XP recovery console enough of a DOS environment that
>>I could use that to flash a BIOS?**
>>
>>I can install a recovery console environment without having to add a
>>floppy drive.
>>
>>Alternatively, I could set up a dual-boot to Windows 98SE's DOS (which
>>can read my C drive which is FAT32), but it seems that I would have to
>>add a floppy drive back in (at least temporarily) to get this added.
>>
>>Thanks for any advice.
>>
>>David Walker
>
> You can make a bootable CD ....
>

I have a CD that boots to Windows (using BartPE), but I suppose I would
need DOS on a CD. I would have to put the flash code on there too.
Hmm, that might work.

I'm not exactly sure how to make a bootable CD with DOS, but I could
probably figure it out.

Alternatively, a bootable DOS on a CD that could read a USB drive would
be convenient.

I have also considered making a bootable USB drive that has DOS on it.

Thanks.

David