Gene Heskett composed on 2017-10-28 21:43 (UTC-0400): > On Saturday 28 October 2017 20:23:33 Felix Miata wrote:
>> Gene Heskett composed on 2017-10-28 15:28 (UTC-0400): >> > Bios is 2.3.1, I wonder if a newer one might still be available? > Gee, thats ancient compared to yours. :( >> My 745 has 2.6.2. Primary Grub is on /dev/sda3 on 1TB rust. I >> downloaded BIOS 2.6.6, but never got an urge to install it. Download >> page also offers 2.6.4: >> <http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/servicetag/901dsc1/drivers> >> >> Better to cut, paste, and edit in your own 7 digit service tag. > I'll have to get it, I saw it in the bios. I assume its put it on a cd > and reboot to the cd? CD boot to flash a BIOS is not something I can recall ever trying. I boot DOS to run DOS flashing utilities, which vary from brand to brand and model to model. Though my 745 has a floppy drive, apparently I never tried to do it yet, but I do know I've successfully upgraded a bunch of OptiPlex BIOSes, starting way back with the 110. I commonly have a bootable DOS sda1 on my multiboot machines and use it. Otherwise I most often do a temporary HD swap that I have added the flashing utility and/or BIOS file to by attaching it by eSATA or USB to whatever machine downloaded the update(s). Making a USB stick bootable to DOS is something else I can't recall ever trying yet. Lots of machines here can't boot USB. http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/drivers/driversdetails?driverId=GRJ7T does have a crude instruction how to proceed with flashing the 745. If your 745 has no floppy drive I think you'll probably have to use USB to suffer through this one on your own, or with help from http://www.bootdisk.com/ and/or something from http://www.freedos.org/ . The 2.6.6 BIOS file is barely more than half the capacity of a 3.5" floppy. Whether your old 745 BIOS in fact has anything to do with Grub failure is another matter. :-p -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
