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On 16 April 2012 11:48, Markus Kaindl <markus.kaindl@××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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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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Please link people to the maintained version of the wiki, not the |
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archive (that's .com, not .info) |
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http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Dell_BIOS_Upgrade |
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Most of that page describes multiple ways of getting a .hdr file to |
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flash the bios from. Dell provides extracted .hdrs, so there's no need |
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to extract from a .exe. |
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I have used smbios a few times in the past, and haven't had any trouble with it. |
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