{Spam?} Re: CentOS 5 (Final) has been released

[Michael E Brown]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 11:46:38AM -0700, Michael St. Laurent wrote:
> > http://fwupdate.com/
> > 
> > Bios update as easy as 'yum upgrade'.
> > 
> > Works for BIOS. I have recently tested PERC 4, I havent 
> > looked to see if
> > PERC 5 is out there yet.
> 
> I followed the instructions on the web site and it downloaded a BIOS,
> which I then indicated it should flash at the next reboot:
> 
> [root at hcfw1 log]# update_firmware --yes
> 
> Searching storage directory for available BIOS updates...
> 
> Checking system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x01b3) - 1.2.0
>         Found Update: system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x01b3) - 1.3.7
> 
> Found out of date packages.
> 
> Running updates...
> Installing system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x01b3) - 1.3.7
> [root at hcfw1 log]#
> 
> 
> But when I did the reboot I got the messages:
> 
> Attempting BIOS update; please wait
> BIOS update attempt failed!
> 
> 
> Is there a log file or something that I can check to get more details
> about why the flash failed?

Hmm... there is a bit in DMI table that gives a small reason-code. I
don't have code to check.

Can you manually run the dellBiosUpdate executable and send the results? 
  # modprobe dell_rbu
  # dellBiosUpdate -u --hdr /usr/share/firmware/bios/...path..to../bios.hdr

Thanks,
Michael