Updating the BIOS in a Dell workstation, laptop, or desktop
Rafiq_Maniar at Dell.com
Rafiq_Maniar at Dell.com
Mon Oct 11 10:23:43 UTC 2004
Hi guys,
Somebody complained in one of the mails in the last few days that they couldn't update the BIOS on a Dell machine as only Windows EXE's are provided and their machine wasn't dual boot. Unfortunately this is true; at the moment the only Linux-executable BIOS updates on Dell machines are for PowerEdge servers.
Fortunately, John Hull of Dell has a solution:
http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml#biosdisk
This program can be used to create a bootable floppy (among other methods) on your Linux machine using the Windows EXE file and update your BIOS, and is pretty straightforward.
Hope this helps some people.
Rafiq
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