[Herefordshire] Make Linux Flashy

[Graham Cole]

On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 08:12 +0100, Graham Cole wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 19:15 -0400, EdwardFW at aol.com wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I wish to flash the BIOS on my laptop. I have the file to run to make
> > a bootable floppy 
> > 
> > I have now spent a lot of time on this. I have learnt a smidgeon more
> > but I have run out of options so more waste of time could some kind
> > person produce a floppy for me from the file  SP28651.tar  which can
> > be found at: 
> > 
> > http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqnk/us/download/21685.html
> > 
> > (Note: For reasons best known to HP this url shows "…21685" but the
> > web page it refers to provides the file "…28651" which is what is
> > wanted. Confirmation is at the bottom of the page where can be seen
> > "HP Compaq Business Notebook nx5000   All Models" - I have an HP
> > nx5000 laptop)  
> > 
> > It is a matter of extracting from the SP28651.tar file then from a
> > shell running the command:   
> > sh sp28651.sh 
> > Then "follow the on-screen instructions to create either a bootable
> > diskette or a CD"
> > 
> > Regards,  Edward Fowler-Wright
> > 
> > 
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> 
> Hi Edward
> I have downloaded the file SP28651.tar, which is supposedly for SuSe
> Linux but I hope I can make the floppy with my Ubuntu. I have a lot of
> sympathy as I had a run-around job updating the BIOS on my oldish Dell
> for the sake of Flashy!
> I'll let you know if/when I get the floppy done.
> Graham
> 
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SUCCESS, I have the floppy for you. ring 0845 458 4692 if you want to
have it now.
Graham