Linux-PowerEdge Digest, Vol 45, Issue 16

Thu May 8 17:04:53 CDT 2008

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>    1. Re: boot image to upgrade various firmwares (Scott R. Ehrlich)
>    2. Re: boot image to upgrade various firmwares (Scott R. Ehrlich)
>    3. Re: boot image to upgrade various firmwares
>       (Louis-David Mitterrand)
>    4. Re: boot image to upgrade various firmwares (Matthias Saou)
>    5. Re: Hard Drive firmware updates through Yum repo? (J Potter)
>    6. RE: Hard Drive firmware updates through Yum repo? (Hostmaster)
>    7. Re: Hard Drive firmware updates through Yum repo? (J Potter)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 11:37:47 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Scott R. Ehrlich" <scott at MIT.EDU>
> Subject: Re: boot image to upgrade various firmwares
> To: Louis-David Mitterrand <vindex+lists-linux-poweredge at apartia.org>
> Cc: linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com, linux-poweredge at dell.com
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> On Thu, 8 May 2008, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking for a DOS-compatible boot image that I can be used to
>> upgrade bios and cd/dvd drive firmware on dell machines. Using an old
>> freedos 1440k image I was able to burn an .iso and boot from it. However
>> it didn't install the correct drivers to access the cd drive, so I
>> couldn't get to the firmware upgrade file.
>>
>> What kind of utility is best for that task?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
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> Seeing that most CD/DVD drives are IDE-connected, perform a search within
> Dell or google for cdenab.exe.  That will let you create a DOS-bootable
> disk that can also access the CD drive via atapi.
>
> You could also likely combine this with a cd-burning program that can
> produce a bootable CD.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 11:37:47 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Scott R. Ehrlich" <scott at MIT.EDU>
> Subject: Re: boot image to upgrade various firmwares
> To: Louis-David Mitterrand <vindex+lists-linux-poweredge at apartia.org>
> Cc: linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com, linux-poweredge at dell.com
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> On Thu, 8 May 2008, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking for a DOS-compatible boot image that I can be used to
>> upgrade bios and cd/dvd drive firmware on dell machines. Using an old
>> freedos 1440k image I was able to burn an .iso and boot from it. However
>> it didn't install the correct drivers to access the cd drive, so I
>> couldn't get to the firmware upgrade file.
>>
>> What kind of utility is best for that task?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Linux-PowerEdge at dell.com
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>
> Seeing that most CD/DVD drives are IDE-connected, perform a search within
> Dell or google for cdenab.exe.  That will let you create a DOS-bootable
> disk that can also access the CD drive via atapi.
>
> You could also likely combine this with a cd-burning program that can
> produce a bootable CD.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 17:43:18 +0200
> From: Louis-David Mitterrand
> 	<vindex+lists-linux-poweredge at apartia.org>
> Subject: Re: boot image to upgrade various firmwares
> To: linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com
> Message-ID: <20080508154318.GA6781 at apartia.fr>
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> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 10:40:33AM -0500, Chris Chipman wrote:
>> Dell Systems Build and Update Utility - latest disk is
>> OM_5.3.0_SBUU_A00.iso
>
> Thanks for the info!
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 17:59:16 +0200
> From: Matthias Saou
> 	<thias at spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.egg.and.spam.freshrpms.net>
> Subject: Re: boot image to upgrade various firmwares
> To: linux-poweredge at dell.com
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> Louis-David Mitterrand wrote :
>
>> I'm looking for a DOS-compatible boot image that I can be used to
>> upgrade bios and cd/dvd drive firmware on dell machines. Using an old
>> freedos 1440k image I was able to burn an .iso and boot from it. However
>> it didn't install the correct drivers to access the cd drive, so I
>> couldn't get to the firmware upgrade file.
>>
>> What kind of utility is best for that task?
>
> Maybe these quick instructions will help :
> http://freshrpms.net/docs/bios-flash/
>
> They've always worked for me :-)
>
> Matthias
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 12:03:54 -0400
> From: J Potter <jpotter-dell at codepuppy.com>
> Subject: Re: Hard Drive firmware updates through Yum repo?
> To: Kurt_Olsson at Dell.com
> Cc: linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com
> Message-ID: <0B545665-CD28-447A-B9CB-F7E2B5EB275A at codepuppy.com>
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>
>> Absolutely, positively, completely impossible.
>
> Is there no way of updating the firmware of those drives "offline" but
> still remotely?
>
> I thought the more recent firmware updates installed something like a
> temporary bootable image in RAM, then rebooted the server in some mode
> that accessed that RAM, ran the updater, then rebooted again. (I saw
> this happening for System BIOS or the PERCs, I think.) But I might be
> mistaken.
>
> -Jeff
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 17:12:36 +0100
> From: Hostmaster <Hostmaster at computerservicecentre.com>
> Subject: RE: Hard Drive firmware updates through Yum repo?
> To: J Potter <jpotter-dell at codepuppy.com>
> Cc: "linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com"
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>>Is there no way of updating the firmware of those drives "offline" but
>>still remotely?
>
> IP KVM's for the win! This is how I have done remote disk firmware flashes.
> Dell
> rebadge Avocent IP KVM's and the software and it works really well, but it
> does
> still require having some "remote hands" to put the disk in the drive. You
> *might* be able to do this with a DRAC card as I believe they have some form
> of
> remote boot image  support but someone who has used them could advise you
> better.
>
> As always, YMMV.
>
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> Best Regards,
> Richard Garner (A+, N+, AMBCS, MOS-O)
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 12:14:05 -0400
> From: J Potter <jpotter-dell at codepuppy.com>
> Subject: Re: Hard Drive firmware updates through Yum repo?
> To: linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com
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>> ... With a quick look at
>> http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/cross-distro/RPMS/noarch/
>>  I see rpm versions of the SAS HDD DUPs we publish.
>
> Thanks, Jeff! I thought I remembered seeing something like this.
>
> Looks like the update in question (750GB SATA from firmware 3bkh to
> 3bks) is contained in
> ven_0x1028_dev_0x0015_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f03, in case anyone else
> reads this.
>
> -Jeff
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