On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2017, wes wrote: > > >> AFUWIN.EXE* E5410A16.exe* > >> BOOTLOG.TXT* M2100A06.exe* > > > copy E5410A16.exe and M2100A06.exe to the flash drive. > > Wes, > > Done. > > > ... then, boot to the flash drive. then, execute the exe which matches > > the model number of the system you're working on currently. > > If I understand correctly, I need to change the BIOS setting so the USB > flash drive is the first to be seen as bootable. Correct? After the upgrade > I return the cdrom drive to boot first in the BIOS settings. > that's one way to do it. another would be to use the key which prompts the BIOS to ask you which device to boot from. on dells, this is usually f11 or f12. > BTW, the Dell tech with whom I spoke didn't answer my question whether > the > new BIOS version (A06) supports booting from the SSD. Time will tell. > I suspect this issue is not so straightforward that anyone we could talk to would have the answer. there is no special support a BIOS must have in order to boot from an SSD. SSDs aren't terribly different from other drives as far as the BIOS is concerned. something deep behind the scenes is at play here. if a BIOS update fixes it, it will be because it included a fix for some other thing which happened to also fix this issue. this happens far more often than I like to think about. -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
