> Hi, > > did you try, if your DELL is supported by libsmbios? > http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Dell_BIOS_Upgrade > > Worked for me on 3 DELL-Computers (1 Desktop and 2 Laptops). > > Markus
Now that I look more closely at that page, I've got to cast a vote for going the unetbootin way. It's really easy and it doesn't require you to extract anything from the executable. Just remember to change to the C drive like "c:". - Grant > Grant schrieb: >> I'm amazed this is so difficult but I've just spent 3 hours trying to >> update the BIOS on my Dell XPS 13 and hit nothing but dead ends. The >> root of the problem seems to be that the 4MB BIOS update file is too >> large for the available 1.44MB DOS boot disks. Apparently FreeDOS had >> a LiveCD available at some point but it has reportedly been >> unavailable for quite some time. >> >> The following method looks promising but it also doesn't work. DOS >> can't seem to execute the .exe file which sits outside of the boot >> image: >> >> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/FreeDOS_Flash_Drive >> >> Does anyone know how to do this? >> >> - Grant
