updating poweredge 860 bios problem

[Michael Simpson]

On 12/22/08, "Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)" <gandalf at le-vert.net> wrote:
> Michael Simpson a écrit :
> >
> > Hi there
> >
> > trying to update an 860 from A02 to A05
> > the required package is downloaded but when i try to use
> > update_firmware it fails telling me to yes --yes and when i do
> > "update_firmware --yes" it fails telling me that -f is un unrecognised
> > option
> >
> > once i have the server set up properly then i will post the actual
> > output from the command but i wonder if anyone has any ideas as to why
> > this has failed.
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> > mike
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> >
> Same issue here.
>
> I use dellUpdate instead but it could be great if someone could fix that
> flags madness ;)
>

is DellUpdate going to complain about the fact that i use CentOS 5.2
rather than Redhat el5.2 as i don't see CentOS in the approved os list
and can't be doing with changing /etc/release

and how long has the madness been going on?

mike