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ktrls

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Registered: 2015-02-24

Posts: 5

biosdisk: no space left on device

I have a Dell Latitude E7440 and I would to update BIOS to the last version.
Actually my BIOS version is A18, the newest is A22.

I have downloaded the new exe from Dell site and searching in Arch wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fl … #BiosDisk3) I have found biosdisk to complete this task.

I’m trying to create the flash image but I receive a strange error:

sudo biosdisk mkimage E7440A22.exe
cp: errore scrivendo '/tmp/biosdisk.bVJj6a/E7440A22.exe': Spazio esaurito sul device
/usr/bin/biosdisk: riga 103: echo: errore in scrittura: Spazio esaurito sul device
Creating BIOS floppy image at /tmp/E7440A22.img

I have tried to enlarge /tmp space to 1GB (the file excel have size 10MB) but the error is the same.

Can someone help me?

dviktor

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From: Moscow

Registered: 2015-10-18

Posts: 162

Re: biosdisk: no space left on device

Hi. Are you sure that you downloaded pure bin firmware and not the win32 exe?

ktrls

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Registered: 2015-02-24

Posts: 5

Re: biosdisk: no space left on device

Mmmmh, maybe you are right...

This is the file: http://www.dell.com/support/home/gr/el/ … erId=KC16J

If this is te wrong file, do you know where I can find the right one, please?

Thanks
KtrlS

ua4000

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Registered: 2015-10-14

Posts: 420

Re: biosdisk: no space left on device

The link states, you need a windows or ms-dos environment - it's no bootable image!.

The common way is to get free-dos etc., make a bootable device, add the ...exe, boot the medium and run the ...exe.

ktrls

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Registered: 2015-02-24

Posts: 5

Re: biosdisk: no space left on device

so do you suggest to use this method: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fl … _USB_stick ?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,739

Re: biosdisk: no space left on device

Since you are using a Dell, have you seen the blue box at the beginning of that article that points you to an official resource? https://www.dell.com/support/article/us … vironments

ktrls

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Registered: 2015-02-24

Posts: 5

Re: biosdisk: no space left on device

Since you are using a Dell, have you seen the blue box at the beginning of that article that points you to an official resource? https://www.dell.com/support/article/us … vironments

no, my eyes jump that line...

I see now that in that page there isn't my notebook.

KtrlS

Last edited by ktrls (2017-11-15 14:07:29)