On 05/18/2011 08:55 AM, Sebastian wrote:
Apologies if this has been discussed, I couldn't find it.
I have a single boot FC14 system on a Dell precision M6500 precision
notebook and wish to update the BIOS.
I go to the Dell download site, and for my machine select the closest
match to my operating system: RH Enterprise Linux 5.
This gives me the only option to download an EXE file: "M6500A06.EXE"
Is it possible to update my bios with this file given my current
installation?
I have windows Virtual Box under FC14, or,
Do I need to delete my installation, install windows and reinstall?
As I really don't want to do this, a final option to consider: could I
install windows via a USB drive (so as to not destroy my current system)
and then install bios?
Here is the link to the driver?
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=RHEL5&c...
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http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=RHEL5&c...
If you click on the "Dell - BIOS" file title you'll get a page that
includes
installation instructions, where the alternative of a DOS environment is
listed as an alternative. I generally use an old MS-DOS 6.0 boot floppy
for such things, but you could also download FreeDOS from
http://www.freedos.org .
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