Re: ACPI hangs on HP 7915

From: Dave Hart (davehart_at_gmail.com)
Date: 06/16/04

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To: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com>

    On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:58:15 -0400, Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com> wrote:
    >
    > I'm going to try upgrading the PhoenixBIOS from 3.04 to 3.07
    > ("Core Version" is at 4.06 -- I don't see an update), if HP and
    > Windows XP can agree on what a Windows executable is
    > <http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?product=62761&os=228&cc=us&lc=en&dest_page=softwareCategory&tool=softwareCategory&dlc=en&softwareitem=pv161en>
    > (Windows won't run the self-extractor -- may try WinZip next).

    If the BIOS download .EXE is supposed to create a floppy, invoking it
    under Windows' forcedos might do the trick. Save the .EXE somewhere,
    open a command prompt, and do something like:

    cd \download
    forcedos biosdl.exe

    Typically the problematic .EXEs are combined OS/2 and DOS binaries
    ("bound EXEs") and the OS/2 emulation on Windows doesn't include
    direct disk access bypassing the filesystem as needed to write a
    floppy image. Forcing it through Windows' DOS emulator allows it to
    work.

    Incidentally, typically the DOS program in such "bound" OS/2 and DOS
    .EXEs is just a small OS/2-compatible loader and emulator for common
    and single-tasking OS/2 system interfaces. In other words, the same
    code is running either way, but it presents to the OS as needed as
    either OS/2 or DOS.

    Dave Hart
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