Trouble updating BIOS on a PowerEdge SC1420

[Matt Domsch]

On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 01:29:07PM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:
> > On 10/4/06, Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch at dell.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 11:22:10AM -0700, Chad Scott wrote:
> > > By chance are you doing something that can cause the dell_rbu driver
> > > to be unloaded from memory before rebooting?  A straight 'init 6'
> > > shouldn't rmmod dell_rbu, but if that driver is getting unloaded, that
> > > would explain both messages (not found and/or failed checks).
> > I'm just doing an 'init 6' and letting the system shut-down and reboot normally.
> > 
> > I thought of this possibility, so I manually loaded the dell_rbu
> > module before running the .BIN and got the same result ("The image was
> > not found in memory.") after the 'init 6'.
> > 
> > I suppose it's possible something's pulling the dell_rbu module out
> > without my knowing it, but I'd be surprised.  This is a stock CentOS
> > installation.
> > 
> > I suppose I can try going into single user mode, performing the
> > update, syncing like mad, then forcing the power off rather than doing
> > an 'init 6' and see if that helps.
> 
> No, not power off please. :-)  A simple "/sbin/shutdown -r now" should
> suffice.
> 
> You might try using the raw dellBiosUpdate program and pass
> --force_mono to it, in case it's an issue with detecting packetized vs
> monolithic mode.
> 
> # modprobe dell_rbu
> # dellBiosUpdate -u --force-mono -f /usr/share/firmware/bios/whatever

Typo: that's force_mono (with an underscore)

# dellBiosUpdate -u --force_mono -f /usr/share/firmware/bios/whatever

> # /sbin/shutdown -r now
> 
> 
> Thanks for your time in helping track this down!
> -Matt
> 
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