Summary; Appendix A - Modifying A Dos Boot Diskette For Flashbin.exe - HP dc7700 - Convertible Minitower PC White Paper

Summary

HP's Business PC BIOS provides update methods to allow the user or administrator to manage the BIOS
upgrades and ME firmware in a flexible manner. HPQFlash offers a familiar, Windows application inter-
face that allows the user to confidently update the BIOS and processor microcode. Setup-based-flash and
recovery provides a convenient, local upgrade method which is not dependent on the PC operating sys-
tem. The Flashbin utility provides a traditional DOS upgrade operation for local or remote situations.
Administrators can use the remote management capabilities of such tools as SSM and Altiris to deliver
enterprise wide upgrade ability.
Regardless of the BIOS flash method, business PC products provide a high degree of upgrade reliability
and offer failure safe recovery. We are confident that HP will remain the premier provider of comprehen-
sive BIOS upgrade solutions in the industry.

Appendix A - Modifying a DOS boot diskette for Flashbin.exe

To copy Flashbin.exe, flsh.cpu, and the BIOS binary image onto the Windows XP MS-DOS boot diskette,
the following modifications must be made:
•
Driver directory
• Delete all files except COMMAND.COM and CONFIG.SYS
To copy Flashbin.exe, flsh.cpu, and the BIOS binary image onto the FreeDOS boot diskette, the following
modifications must be made:
•
FreeDOS directory
• Delete all the files except FDAUTO.BAT and GPL.COM
• Modify FDAUTO.BAT to contain the following statements:
- @echo off
- set disksrc=A:
- set bootsrc=realdisk
- set cputype=80386
•
Driver directory
• Delete all files except HIMEM.EXE
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