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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Update BIOS with 4MB .exe
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:16:31
Message-Id: CAN0CFw3z71SQ9cjyNBD7_KWkN2tEJ+ydnYLncmTeTfPDL4T1Mw@mail.gmail.com
1 I'm amazed this is so difficult but I've just spent 3 hours trying to
2 update the BIOS on my Dell XPS 13 and hit nothing but dead ends. The
3 root of the problem seems to be that the 4MB BIOS update file is too
4 large for the available 1.44MB DOS boot disks. Apparently FreeDOS had
5 a LiveCD available at some point but it has reportedly been
6 unavailable for quite some time.
7
8 The following method looks promising but it also doesn't work. DOS
9 can't seem to execute the .exe file which sits outside of the boot
10 image:
11
12 http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/FreeDOS_Flash_Drive
13
14 Does anyone know how to do this?
15
16 - Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] Update BIOS with 4MB .exe "Jesús J. Guerrero Botella" <jesus.guerrero.botella@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Update BIOS with 4MB .exe Markus Kaindl <markus.kaindl@××××××××××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] Update BIOS with 4MB .exe Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>