Updating BIOS from A04 to A05 on 650N workstation.

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On 8/14/06, Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch at dell.com> wrote:
> 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. :-)
>
>

Will there be updates for the Centrino chips there? We are trying to
figure out how to deploy that patch.


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