On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 1:28 PM, JK Wood <joshuakw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>wrote: > >> On Sun, 3 Apr 2011, JK Wood wrote: >> >> In any case, the Dell bios update tool, libsmbios, already exists on >>> Slackbuilds.org, and works well. >>> >> >> JK, >> >> I'll look more closely at this and contact Alan. The blurb on >> slackbuilds.org says it provides info on the BIOS, not that it will >> upgrade >> it. But, it may well be a starting point. >> >> Much thanks, >> >> Rich >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SlackBuilds-users mailing list >> SlackBuilds-users@slackbuilds.org >> http://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users >> Archives - http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/ >> FAQ - http://slackbuilds.org/faq/ >> >> > The functionality you're looking for is /usr/sbin/dellBiosUpdate-compat, > and I can assure you it's there - I've used it several times to update my > bios on this Dell Latitude D830. > > --JK > > Also, see http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bios-hdrs/ for the bios update files themselves. /usr/sbin/smbios-sys-info to grab your system tag (the dev_0x???? part of the filename) and bios version --JK
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