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> Hi, |
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> did you try, if your DELL is supported by libsmbios? |
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> http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Dell_BIOS_Upgrade |
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> Worked for me on 3 DELL-Computers (1 Desktop and 2 Laptops). |
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> Markus |
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Now that I look more closely at that page, I've got to cast a vote for |
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going the unetbootin way. It's really easy and it doesn't require you |
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to extract anything from the executable. Just remember to change to |
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the C drive like "c:". |
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- Grant |
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> Grant schrieb: |
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>> I'm amazed this is so difficult but I've just spent 3 hours trying to |
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>> update the BIOS on my Dell XPS 13 and hit nothing but dead ends. The |
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>> root of the problem seems to be that the 4MB BIOS update file is too |
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>> large for the available 1.44MB DOS boot disks. Apparently FreeDOS had |
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>> a LiveCD available at some point but it has reportedly been |
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>> unavailable for quite some time. |
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>> |
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>> The following method looks promising but it also doesn't work. DOS |
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>> can't seem to execute the .exe file which sits outside of the boot |
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>> image: |
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>> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/FreeDOS_Flash_Drive |
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>> Does anyone know how to do this? |
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>> - Grant |
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