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https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000145519/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-flash-drive-using-dell-diagnostic-deployment-package-dddp
This isn't the one I followed but it is close. You only need the disk formated to fat32 and the dos files listed, as well as the exe file from dell for what you are updating. You boot to it and run the exe file. There is another site somewhere that explains how to make a does boot disk. This is how I updated my Linux Dell machines bios to new version
Wow I never saw that document in my searching. Thanks for that. May as well give it a shot
https://www.howtogeek.com/136987/how-to-create-a-bootable-dos-usb-drive/ This s another method, think it may have been what I used. It was like 5 years ago so memory is foggy on building the stick itself. But being on Linux and seeing a BIOS update out I was initially like ah shit, but this made it easier than a dual boot setup