Updating system BIOS when running Ubuntu

[Robert Lindgren]

Sorry for replying to myself, but when running upgrade_firmware it
states that it will not upgrade the firmware.

Checking System BIOS for Vostro 1700 - a01
        Available: system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x0229) - a00
        Did not find a newer package to install that meets all
installation checks.

Which is good, the problem is that apt wants to install the package:
The following packages will be upgraded:
  system-bios-vostro-1700
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

BR
Robert

On 12/6/07, Robert Lindgren <robert.lindgren at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for you hard work, I just tested it with my Vostro 1700, and
> get a little confusing message:
>
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   system-bios-vostro-1700
> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 713kB of archives. After unpacking 1208kB will be used.
> Writing extended state information... Done
> Get:1 http://linux.dell.com cross-distro/dell-firmware
> system-bios-vostro-1700 0.a00-1 [713kB]
> Fetched 713kB in 1s (386kB/s)
> Selecting previously deselected package system-bios-vostro-1700.
> (Reading database ... 122135 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking system-bios-vostro-1700 (from
> .../system-bios-vostro-1700_0.a00-1_all.deb) ...
> Setting up system-bios-vostro-1700 (0.a00-1) ...
>
> It looks like it wants to install bios A00 on my system and I have A01
> installed from factory (but it's not possible to download A01 from
> dell.com website, so I'm not sure why my system has A01)
> root at vostro2:/etc/apt# getSystemId
> Libsmbios:    0.13.6
> System ID:    0x0229
> Service Tag:  XXXXXXX
> Express Service Code: XXXXXXXXXX
> Product Name: Vostro 1700
> BIOS Version: A01
> Vendor:       Dell Inc.
> Is Dell:      1
>
> My other vostro 1700 have bios A00, so maybe this is OK but looks like
> it will downgrade my bios?
>
> BR
> Robert Lindgren
>