On Sat, 2011-05-21 at 21:25 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: > 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. ---- and it shouldn't go without mention that Matt is not only a board member of Fedora but also has spearheaded tremendous Linux support at Dell which provides tools such as these to make life easier for Linux users for which I am very grateful. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- 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
