BIOS upgrade Toshiba Portege 7010CT

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Hi,

I've got the advise, from DLINK, to upgrade the BIOS on my laptop, to
get my WLAN work correct. Present version is 8.20 and I think there is
a 8.60 version available. The problem is that I only have a
USB-diskette-drive and I don't manage to boot from this. Is it
possible?

Is there anyway to upgrade the BIOS without buying a new
diskette-drive? How?

Cheers,
Martin

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 15:00:51 -0600, "C.Joseph Drayton"
<kalek1@mindspring.com> wrote:

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:>Hi Martin,
:>
:>Let the installer make the boot disk. Once you have done that, go into
:>a program EasyCreator, And make a bootable CD based on the boot floppy
:>you just created. Boot from the CD (it will be read as the 'A' drive)
:>and you should be set. I do this on both of my HP with no problem.
:>
:>Ciao . . . C.Joseph
:>
:>That which a man buys too cheaply . . .
:>~ He esteems too lightly

IIRC that model has no built-in floppy drive or optical drive. They both
resided in an "enhanced port replicator" that was an extra cost option.

The OP either needs the port replicator or a Toshiba external floppy drive
(non-usb) that plugs into a port on the computer itself.

me/2

:>Martin Kvarmo wrote:
:>
:>|Hi,
:>|
:>|I've got the advise, from DLINK, to upgrade the BIOS on my laptop, to
:>|get my WLAN work correct. Present version is 8.20 and I think there is
:>|a 8.60 version available. The problem is that I only have a
:>|USB-diskette-drive and I don't manage to boot from this. Is it
:>|possible?
:>|
:>|Is there anyway to upgrade the BIOS without buying a new
:>|diskette-drive? How?
:>|
:>|Cheers,
:>|Martin