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October 4th, 2012 09:00
Update XPS13 bios from ubuntu
I installed ubuntu on my new XPS13. Then I realized there is a recommended BIOS update (A07)
I've tried to extract the header file from the .EXE using the "-writehdrfile" option, in various DOS / windows environments that I had access to, but this error message keeps popping up:
"error 255 TDK library initialization failed"
Anyone have a recommendation ?
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victorhqc
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October 4th, 2012 11:00
I recommend you to use a live USB with freeDOS, install unetbootin from software center. Unetbootin has the feature to download it for you, so once you have it put the bios updater in the same usb.
Careful and not install freedos, once you start type c: so you get out of z: and then jus run the .exe file.
worked for me, you can also read this for more info
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DellBIOS
Beacon11
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October 17th, 2012 11:00
Great question, great answer. Thanks you two! I was wondering the same.
Neeraj1
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November 25th, 2012 14:00
Anyone try this on a system with UEFI and SecureBoot? linux16 isn't available in grub so the commands to boot the floppy image don't work. Yes, I know I can run my system in non-UEFI, non-SecureBoot mode, but this is a much more interesting problem to solve.
Hoping I won't have to re-install Window8 just for this...
Neeraj