On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:55:24AM -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 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?* http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/firmware describes how to do this for many (but not all) Dell systems. The firmware repository on linux.dell.com carries firmware payloads for >300 different system types. firmware-addon-dell and firmware-tools packages are included in Fedora and EPEL, so you only need the firmware payload RPM from the firmware repository then. -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist Dell | Office of the CTO -- 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
