Thanks for your info On Mon, Jan 1, 2024, 7:59 PM Ted Mittelstaedt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Find a spare SSD, download the win10 install USB ISO, temporarily swap out > the hard disk with the SSD, install windows, update bios, replace old disk > and wipe the SSD for some other use > > The BIOS update almost certainly does nothing to the machine that helps > you with Mint on it. Most of the BIOS updates seem to be released when the > CPU makers release updates to their microcode, so all that happens after a > BIOS update is the CPU gets updated microcode loaded during POST instead of > during the Linux kernel boot. > > Ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of VY > Sent: Monday, January 1, 2024 4:51 PM > To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Dell BIOS update when I have Linux > > So sorry to hear. > > Have you try this page? > > > https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000131486/update-the-dell-bios-in-a-linux-or-ubuntu-environment > > I am tempted but also worry it may causes unexpected damages > > > > On Mon, Jan 1, 2024, 4:20 PM Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am in the same bucket. I have a Dell that I want to update the BIOS, > > and it is the same thing. I followed the "create a dos bootable USB" > > as that was offered as a solution with the comment that this may not > > work on USB3 machines... Well guess what?? So I am in the same boat. > > Kind of like selling you a car and telling you that you can only burn > > Shell gas in it. > > Microsoft has wreaked more damage on this planet than folks realize. > > My wake up was in Spain at a glass container plant, dealing with > > something called Conficker on the plant backend network. To say that I > > came to hate MS is being nice. > > > > On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 5:57 PM VY <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dear All: > > > > > > I bought a refurbished Dell laptop last year. It has been working > > > well > > so > > > far. > > > I just visited Dell.com support and they said I have a new BIOS I > > > can update. > > > However, their update "executable" is a Windows EXE and I am running > > Linux > > > Mint and I am not going to move to Windows. > > > > > > Is there a way I can update my BIOS on my Dell laptop while running > > Linux? > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > -v > > > > > > >
