On Wed, 2011-05-18 at 10:55 -0300, 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 am confused. Your BIOS has nothing to do with the operating system you use. If you use your system ID you should be able to download a file which can be executed to update the BIOS. Maybe you will have to use the Wine emulator or you Windows emulator but that is all. > > 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&catid=1&dateid=-1&impid=-1&osl=EN&typeid=-1&formatid=-1&servicetag=&SystemID=PREC_M6500&hidos=RHEL5&hidlang=en&TabIndex=&scanSupported=False&scanConsent=False > > > thanks for any help, > Sebastian -- ======================================================================= A pain in the ass of major dimensions. -- C.A. Desoer, on the solution of non-linear circuits ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
