Inspiron 1501 firmware missing

[Matt Domsch]

On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 11:41:21AM +0200, remrot at gmail.com wrote:
>    Hi!
> 
>     I've been trying to update the BIOS of my Inspiron 1501 from within
>    Ubuntu hardy today using the method described here:
>     http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/firmware

While most Dell systems sold over the past few years are supported by
firmware-tools, a few, including the Inspiron 1501, are not (yet?).
The Inspiron 1501 BIOS does not include the "Dell Remote BIOS Update"
feature that firmware-tools presently requires.

You can use biosdisk (http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml#biosdisk)
to generate a FreeDOS-based grub-bootable image , or floppy or CD-ROM,
with the BIOS files posted on support.dell.com.

Thanks,
Matt

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Matt Domsch
Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux