Updating BIOS with .exe using Linux?

[Hb_Kai]

Basically, I found out some of my battery problems on my Toshiba Satellite L30-101 (Henry) is due to a BIOS problem and there is a fix for it in the next BIOS update which is Phoenix v.3.10 but the problem is, I don't have Windows on any of my machines anymore and Toshiba, even though searching for an OS-independent updater, only support an update with an .exe file.

Also, I think the new version has USB-boot support.

Obviously, I'm not going try running the binary with Wine because I don't think Wine supports that type of system handling but I was wondering if anybody else knows of a good way to do this?

I've also heard of BartPE - it creates a bootable Windows live CD using the Windows data and I have a Windows XP Pro SP3 disc somewhere but having not used it before, I don't know much about it.

I would ask on the BartPE forum too but obviously, if I ask there, people will only give me praises to the software and not much good criticism that I can rely on.

Does anybody here know of a good way to get this update?

Thanks.

[Alan2273]

Who needs Windows.

http://www.hermann-uwe.de/blog/flashing-a-...-using-flashrom

[Hb_Kai]

I tried running it with this and it said no EEPROM/Flash device found and that Flashrom can never write when the flash device is automatically found.

[Alan2273]

Have you tried forcing it to read the flash chip.

If you know which flash chip you have, and if this version of flashrom

supports a similar flash chip, you can try to force read your chip. Run:

flashrom -f -r -c similar_supported_flash_chip filename.

I have only used Flashrom once and it was on a desktop not a laptop, so it may be something to do with the way Toshiba lock down there BIOS.

[Hb_Kai]

I don't know what chipset I'm using.

I asked on the IRC channel about this anyway and they said to send an email to [email protected] with some terminal commands and a link to the newest version and they will notify me when a patch comes available so I'll wait for that to happen.

But if it takes too long or cannot be done or something I may see if Coreboot can be put on my laptop.

Thanks for your help. :)