On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 at 17:06, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: > > Hi! I do not understand where Windows and ReactOS are > getting into the equation here. If you have Linux, you > can search in your software center whether you find an > app to install BIOS updates.
The `fwupgmgr` tool does exist, but I find it does not support much hardware and has severe restrictions. For instance on my work Dell Latitude E7270, it cannot update the firmware because Linux was installed in "legacy" mode, i.e. BIOS-compatible; `fwudmgr` only works in UEFI mode. So it is no help to me. > If you have some DOS tool > for that, you should run DOS for the tool, not Windows. Dell's page says it's DOS. I believe the people who wrote the tool, don't you? > Some BIOS even are > able to install updates from files on USB sticks etc. Yes, mine can. But I have to put it on a FAT USB key anyway, so first time, I used DOS. Once I had updated it, later, a newer update could be read direct from USB. But I think this machine is too old. > http://freedos.org/download/ explicitly offers DIFFERENT > downloads for CD/DVD and for USB. Obviously it is easier > to use the USB version if you want to run DOS from USB. You say that, but then you proceed to give complicated steps for writing a small image and then deleting part of its contents to make room. That doesn't sound simple to me. I wrote the FreeDOS 1.0 ISO to an old 1GB USB key and I had about 0.99 GB free. ;-) Don't make it more complicated than it needs to be. Remember the KISS Principle! -- Liam Proven – Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk – gMail/gTalk/gHangouts: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Flickr: lproven – Skype: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 – ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
