-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/14/2009 01:26 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 12:51 -0500, Jerry Amundson wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Robert P. J. Day >> <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> ... >>> p.s. and while i'm here, francois cami suggested i upgrade the bios >>> on this system as a possible solution. i checked, and my current bios >>> version is phoenix 9D.03. and i can see a newer version here -- >>> 9D.05: >>> >>> http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/getFile.asp?id=21980&dscr=BIOS%20flash%20Version%209D.05%2005/23/2008 >>> >>> so how *does* one upgrade the bios from fedora conveniently? >>> curiously, in all my years of working with red hat/fedora, i've never >>> had to do that. >> You can't. See "How to Install" in the link above. The update is an >> exe and looks to only run under Windows. >> So, you'd need another partition, or a USB drive, with a Windows install. > > BIOS upgrades can usually be done from within the BIOS itself (on newer > boards, anyway) or from DOS, as well. It's fairly unusual to require > Windows. DOS flashing usually works fine from a FreeDOS floppy. > > Check your motherboard manual for details. Also, might want to look at firmware-tools.noarch : Scripts and tools to manage firmware and BIOS updates and flashrom.x86_64 : Simple program for reading/writing BIOS chips content Kevin - -- Get my public GnuPG key from http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7D0BD5D1 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAknk5qYACgkQ6w2kMH0L1dGyJgCdFZzbsdqcDsGXeQQB1O1/WVNM RVYAnjxdTASDTxS7g34ZwLRNy+/UkBxA =Z17W -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
