Firmware update failing

[Chris Evans]

In my kickstart files, I have it run the bootstrap for the software,  
hardware, and firmware repos.

After a fresh kickstart of centos 4.5 ( from a 4.4 CD ), I've yum  
updated the system, and done the initial yum install $ 
(inventory_firmware -b)

When I go to update the firmware, I get the following.

update_firmware  --yes

Searching storage directory for available BIOS updates...

Checking Dell PERC 5/i Integrated Controller 1 Firmware - 5.1.1-0040
         Available: pci_firmware 
(ven_0x1028_dev_0x0015_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f03) - 5.1.1-0040
         Did not find a newer package to install that meets all  
installation checks.
Checking System BIOS for PowerEdge 1950 - 1.2.0
         Available: system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x01b3) - 1.3.7
         Found Update: system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x01b3) - 1.3.7

Found firmware which needs to be updated.

Running updates...
Installing system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x01b3) - 1.3.7
Installation failed for package: system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x01b3) -  
1.3.7
aborting update...

The error message from the low-level command was:

Could not update the system BIOS.

Many times, this is due to memory constraints. The BIOS update can  
require from
1 to 4 megabytes of physically contiguous free RAM in order to do the  
update.
Because memory can become fragmented, this is not always available.  
To correct
this, try rebooting and running the update immediately after reboot.

The output from the low-level bios update command was:

Supported RBU type for this system: (MONOLITHIC, PACKET)
Using RBU v1 method: PACKET
writing (0) to file: /sys/firmware/rbu/rbudatasize
writing (4096) to file: /sys/firmware/rbu/packetdatasize
Writing RBU data (4096bytes/ 
dot): .................................................................. 
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IO Error reading HDR File: No such file or directory