Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 21:59:03 -0800 From: Ihor Antonov <ihor@antonovs.family> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating BIOS Message-ID: <20200207055903.4i7tdzkmdr2drui7@sea-ll-10936> In-Reply-To: <20200206085845.7095d5af@scorpio> References: <20200206085845.7095d5af@scorpio>
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On 2020-02-06 08:58, Jerry wrote: > I have a PC running FreeBSD 11.3 / amd64. I need to update the BIOS. > The BIOS update file is from Dell and is an "EXE" file. What is the > recommended method for updating the BIOS using that file? You might have some luck with Linux. It is much easier to boot it then DOS variants There is a tool [1] in Linux world that gets firmware (inluding BIOS) from Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS)[2] [1] https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd [2] https://fwupd.org/ It looks like DELL has some presense there too ----------- Ihor Antonov
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