[aklug] Re: Update the bios for a dell

From: Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu Aug 13 2009 - 19:35:00 AKDT

Kind of the long way around, but ...

Assuming that will boot from a USB, there are methods for making up a
bootable XP thumbdrive.

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22_11-5928902.html

And next time, make certain the laptop you buy doesn't come w/
winflash ;)

On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 13:07 -0800, James Zuelow wrote:
>
> James Zuelow....................CBJ MIS (907)586-0236
> Network Specialist...Registered Linux User No. 186591=20
>
> >=20
> > Dell has a Linux Wiki page that also covers this and in addition;
> > Fedora, SLED10, Centos.
> >=20
> > http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/firmware
> >=20
> > 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. :=
> (
> 3) They use WinFlash, so I *really* need Windows, not just DOS. :(
>
> James=
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