From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Feb 7 05:59:07 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7108243F8C for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 05:59:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ihor@antonovs.family) Received: from mail.antonovs.family (mail.antonovs.family [100.25.240.195]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48DPkg57Cbz48sT for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 05:59:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ihor@antonovs.family) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.antonovs.family (Postfix) with ESMTP id 069C4138B9F for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 05:59:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.antonovs.family ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.antonovs.family [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id e70OKdJ5-qdY for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 05:59:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.antonovs.family (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9565C138B94 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 05:59:06 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 mail.antonovs.family 9565C138B94 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=antonovs.family; s=D65AA412-CB7F-11E9-A561-802C9D403B77; t=1581055146; bh=eSGybv2xN3g0VkHr1gH152tO0WmBUGsL2e9cdq2Y6NE=; h=Date:From:To:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=NN4+fgKPIOv/PKlfU9HUPS1dR1zkItrXKwjKD36ostR87J8Xv2UqhCkEUwiDZx13O xf81jH0LfZtoFWFVzgTeUda1RRxkI2P3sLHJMOryx7I8FfYJVj+AIIHSudq4zak09B 9viCAjDnYFUvVIwFDACvxRXx3MGUGVUPCLD9WERSDmpHcHM5Ini5vAD1SHaePanhgH Q+yAj1s1kmyzVWoYxnLRnARCoeHit0MggkIWtZ4P6IKCs1EFUBcOaoW0TyqDxJ3sEP IfKtZMgQm48UHQIo9FzjtpyrVUnyY0vggC22DaoL/keUWDoRoJYZjMJ1CdPMcG5u5v Jy3Qv2K2cmF/g== X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antonovs.family Received: from mail.antonovs.family ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.antonovs.family [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id i1ZLrWl_T-bf for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 05:59:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (c-73-83-210-79.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [73.83.210.79]) by mail.antonovs.family (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 316DD138B18 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 05:59:06 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 21:59:03 -0800 From: Ihor Antonov To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating BIOS Message-ID: <20200207055903.4i7tdzkmdr2drui7@sea-ll-10936> References: <20200206085845.7095d5af@scorpio> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200206085845.7095d5af@scorpio> X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48DPkg57Cbz48sT X-Spamd-Bar: ----- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.00 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.998,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 05:59:07 -0000 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