On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 05:51:20AM -0700, Craig White wrote:
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.
Former board member (I chose not to stand for re-election in December 2010 due to other commitments, and a strong desire to see others step into that leadership role after my 5 year tenure), but thanks for the votes of confidence!