wiped disk - no longer bootable

[Liam Proven]

On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 16:01, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> Wouldn't it require UEFI?

Win10? No. It works with both. It's the most widely-compatible OS in
the world. You can't sell an x86 box if it doesn't run Windows. It is
the lowest of all common denominators.

> The OP's machine has got a legacy BIOS.

Seems to be.

> Fortunately the OP can use an USB stick or USB drive to load the BIOS
> software, without an operating system.

Looks that way, and that's good news.

>  However, I guess usually
> vendor's recommend to use https://www.freedos.org/, if users aren't
> using a Windows and the BIOS doesn't support the USB method.

It sometimes works. Not all vendors provide re-Flashing tools that can
run under DOS.

I have even seen DOS reflashing tools that are only available for
download in a Windows self-extracting file that no Linux archiver can
open. >_<


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