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[Michael E Brown]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 02:50:43PM -0400, J. Epperson wrote:
> Did that in grub.conf, shutdown -r 0, getSystemId still report A05.  Do I
> need to re-run update_firmware before the bounce?  Is a shutdown -r ok, or
> do we need a power-cycle?  I should probably mention that this is a 2550,
> under redeployment for backoffice purposes, so it's not exactly current
> hardware, but I can bounce it at will.

the way that the update works is that it copies the image into RAM, sets
a bit in CMOS, then on reboot the BIOS notices the bit in CMOS and
searches for and locates the image in RAM, then self-updates.

Reboot=bios fixes a problem where linux cold-reboots, destroying the
contents of RAM, and thus, your update.

So, that is a long way of saying, yes, you need to re-run the update
before rebooting. No, do not power-cycle the system.
--
Michael