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[Alex Chiang <achiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* bernddude <bernddude@xxxxxxxxx>:
> since i am still looking for and simple good way to update the bios of
> my Envy, i gave the suggestion to use virtualBox a try,

Um, I don't expect that to work -at all-.

vbox is virtualizing all the hardware, including BIOS, so of
course trying to update the real BIOS won't work.

> i was able to extract the winflash.exe file from the spXXXX.exe file.
> unfortunately on my VB installation WinXP the next step to run the
> WinFlash.exe in order to burn the bios does not work yet :(
> i may play a bit more with some of the admin user rights of the dos
> shell, yet the risk of ending up with a "brain-dead" machine might be a
> bit to high as that i would recommend this approach ?

The best way to update BIOS is to keep your Windows partition. :)

Since you can't go back in time, I'd suggest investigating WinPE.
I've never used it myself, but I think that's the way to go.

You can find some hints in this bug:
	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/557072

Start looking around comment #20.

Summary: you need real Windows, not virtualized Windows, to
update your BIOS.

hth,
/ac