RobertoVanto
2007-03-11, 12:33 PM CDT
As you can see from http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/stats most fedora users have a Dell pc. Now, if you want to update your BIOS follow this 6 steps:
1) Go to http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=it&cs=itdhs1&l=it&s=dhs
then select your system and download your BIOS update (in my case D5150A07.EXE)
2) Go to http://linux.dell.com/biosdisk/ and download the file biosdisk-0.65-1.noarch.rpm
3) Now install biosdisk with:
% sudo rpm -ivh biosdisk-0.65-1.noarch.rpm
4) Insert a blank floppy in the drive, without mount it. Then type:
% sudo /usr/sbin/biosdisk mkfloppy -d /dev/floppy path_to_bios.exe
5) Reboot your system and select, pressing F12, as primary boot device the floppy device
6) Follow the instructions on the video, and that's it!
Useful links:
http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml
http://support.dell.com/support/index.aspx
1) Go to http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=it&cs=itdhs1&l=it&s=dhs
then select your system and download your BIOS update (in my case D5150A07.EXE)
2) Go to http://linux.dell.com/biosdisk/ and download the file biosdisk-0.65-1.noarch.rpm
3) Now install biosdisk with:
% sudo rpm -ivh biosdisk-0.65-1.noarch.rpm
4) Insert a blank floppy in the drive, without mount it. Then type:
% sudo /usr/sbin/biosdisk mkfloppy -d /dev/floppy path_to_bios.exe
5) Reboot your system and select, pressing F12, as primary boot device the floppy device
6) Follow the instructions on the video, and that's it!
Useful links:
http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml
http://support.dell.com/support/index.aspx