dell 2850 etch firmware updates

[Michael E Brown]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 07:31:41AM -0300, Andrew Reid wrote:
> L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
> > i think you frogot to load the module dell_rbu 
> > aka modprobe dell_rbu 
> > lsmod | grep dell 
> > and see if its loaded. 
> > 
> > worked for me. 
> > 
> > Louis
> >  
> > 
> > 
> 
> No, it was loaded, lsmod shows it there, I just didn't mention that I 
> had loaded it.
> 
> Are you running 64 bit or 32 bit ???
> 
> It seems that it is actually the program dellBiosUpdate which does not 
> like the .hdr file, I don't even have to try to update the firmware and 
> it complains (see below)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> #lsmod | grep dell
> dell_rbu               11168  0
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> #dellBiosUpdate -i -f bios.hdr
> file: bios.hdr
> HeaderId: $RBU
> Header Length: 84
> Header Major Ver: 2
> Header Minor Ver: 0
> Num Systems: 5
> Version: 


> *****
> ***** This is a very strange version number ****
> *****

Yes, this is odd. I'm looking at it and it is looking ok on my system
(also x86_64):

$ /usr/sbin/dellBiosUpdate -i -f ./bios.hdr 
HeaderId : $RBU
Header Length: 84
Header Major Ver: 1
Header Minor Ver: 0
Num Systems: 1
Version: A09
Quick Check: Copyright xxxx Dell Inc.                
System ID List: 0x01a8 0x01e8

Which version of libsmbios are you using?
--
Michael