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Hmmm no recollection of yhe name of that program? Drivers and firmware for dell are only available for windows 10,11 and Ubuntu like 20.4 or something. Wtf! This shouldnt be so difficult
I've used a bootable Windows USB before to update firmware, so maybe you could try that, you don't have to install just go to repair then CMD.
If they offer debs, you might be able to extract them and run the updater manually, or maybe something like alien could convert it to an rpm.
I've also seen FreeDOS exes, but I've only really seen that for BIOS updaters.
Thanks, so how would that work? just launch the bootable usb and it takes you to an interface for the windows updates?
Oh no, you copy all the firmware updates onto the USB too (as well as Windows), then then run them from command prompt in the recovery menu.
Yeah it's confusing.... looking around it may have been the this.
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000126353/how-to-download-the-dell-wyse-usb-imaging-tool
And the firmware file I believed used was an exe. I think I put the firmware exe in the root of the USB or something then was able to run it somehow after booting to the live USB made by the tool above?
I could be wrong. I forget where I found the info to do it.
Thanks man. I don't ever recall drivers and firmware being this difficult on debian based distros