On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 16:48 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2011, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > Have you any idea where I can learn how to upgrade the BIOS using linux > > (there's no windoze on this machine.) > > My Google search shows me there are some tools for RHEL, Debian, and > Ubuntu. I've no idea how to bend the process to work with Slackware.
Dear Rich, While I haven't tried it personally, I gather some others have upgraded Dell BIOSes with DOS and BartPE-based tools. (BartPE, IIRC, is a bootable version of XP; but it requires at least an XP installation CD for verification). Perhaps such media came with your Dell? Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
