Updating BIOS from A04 to A05 on 650N workstation.

Matt Domsch Matt_Domsch at dell.com
Mon Aug 14 09:38:02 CDT 2006


On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 02:07:01PM +0100, Chris Rankin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a Precision 650N workstation running the Linux 2.6.17.7
> kernel and Fedora Core 5, and I am trying to update the BIOS from
> A04 to A05 using the dell_rbu kernel module. According to the file
> linux/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt:
> 
> "The rbu driver needs to have an application (as mentioned above)which will
> inform the BIOS to enable the update in the next system reboot."
> 
> Can someone tell me which application this is, please? And where I
> can download it from?

Try http://fwupdate.com/ for the yummified easy method. :-)

Thanks,
Matt

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