-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/04/07 08:45, Bogart Salzberg wrote: > Running "lshw" on the box shows the motherboard as a Dell 0UW457, v. A03 > with socket M2 and Nvidia GeForce 6150LE chipset. The BIOS version is > about a year old (12/09/2006, v. 1.1.4), so it could probably use an > upgrade.
That sounds like something that a BIOS upgrade would fix, since the box doesn't "know" Linux during POST. > Actually, if you have any tips on upgrading the BIOS from within Linux, > give me a shout. Most of Dell's "solutions" for BIOS upgrade are > convoluted or Windows-centric. I was playing around with the libsmbios > utilities the other day. Perhaps there is something in there to help... I've got a similar problem with a DOS-based upgrade app. I'm going to look to writing FreeDOS to a USB key. > Thanks, > > Bogart > > On Dec 3, 2007, at 8:26 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 12/03/07 18:56, Bogart Salzberg wrote: >>>> Ron, >>>> >>>> Interesting: when the USB drive is on, the box stalls during POST. It is >>>> apparently some kind of deadlock, because when I power down the drive >>>> POST completes immediately. > > What motherboard? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA %SYSTEM-F-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHVYTmS9HxQb37XmcRAoc4AKC3BY3ZbS/KMsWlRSe8mMMoKwydUwCgnnhO mVV8Km8o5FjX8YtAeeS/qZk= =c0qI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
