bios update

[Aaron Konstam]

On Wed, 2011-05-18 at 10:55 -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 am confused. Your BIOS has nothing to do with the operating system you
use. If you use your system ID you should be able to download a file
which can be executed to update the BIOS. Maybe you will have to use the
Wine emulator or you Windows emulator but that is all.
> 
> 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? 
> 
> Here is the link to the driver?
> http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=RHEL5&catid=1&dateid=-1&impid=-1&osl=EN&typeid=-1&formatid=-1&servicetag=&SystemID=PREC_M6500&hidos=RHEL5&hidlang=en&TabIndex=&scanSupported=False&scanConsent=False
> 
> 
> thanks for any help,
> Sebastian


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