[aklug] Re: Update the bios for a dell

James Zuelow....................CBJ MIS (907)586-0236
Network Specialist...Registered Linux User No. 186591=20

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> Dell has a Linux Wiki page that also covers this and in addition;
> Fedora, SLED10, Centos.
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> http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/firmware
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> Nice of them, but still not as slick as if you're still=20
> running Windows

Hmm. Too bad HP doesn't have something similar. I've got a d4100e that I =
want to update the bios on.

I can extract the .rom file with Wine, but flashrom dies on the machine bec=
ause the bios is set to read-only.

1) Installing Wine just to get the .rom file is a bit much,
2) Their Windows flash utilities know how to unlock the bios to write to it=
, so it is a software lock, not a hardware lock -- I still need Windows. :=
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3) They use WinFlash, so I *really* need Windows, not just DOS. :(

James=
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Received on Tue Aug 11 13:07:32 2009