On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> 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. Agreed, but those specific instructions use something called "WinPhlash". Knowing nothing about OP's Gateway, and even less about "WinPhlash", I made assumptions... However the firmware-tools or flashrom pkgs just suggested may provide another option, as the exe from the link above is just archive file. jerry jerry -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
