how do you upgrade the PERC6/i firmware?

[Charles H Biel]

Hi Adam,

    I once made the mistake of selecting "download now" instead of
"other options" as Dan says and got a .EXE file. I thought that was
a bit odd, so went back and was able to find a Linux .BIN update
package.

Hope this helps,
Charles

On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Dan Simoes wrote:

> Since you are on this list, I assume you're running linux.
> Depending on what flavor, there are several options open to you.
> Check the "other options" link at the right side of the driver screen when
> you select the driver.
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Adam Williams <awilliam at mdah.state.ms.us>wrote:
>
>> I have a PE2900 with a PERC6/i.  Went to support.dell.com, put in the
>> service tag of the system 38JZCH1.  The PERC6/i firmware download link is:
>>
>>
>> http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/downloads/en/downloads_splash?c=ca&cs=rc1077931&l=en&s=gen&~mode=popup&file=279213<http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/downloads/en/downloads_splash?c=ca&cs=rc1077931&l=en&s=gen&%7Emode=popup&file=279213>
>>
>> So I run it and it makes a directory with:
>>
>> C:\Dell\Drivers\R200989>dir
>>  Volume in drive C has no label.
>>  Volume Serial Number is 1C3B-BB17
>>
>>  Directory of C:\Dell\Drivers\R200989
>>
>> 11/06/2008  09:44 AM    <DIR>          .
>> 11/06/2008  09:44 AM    <DIR>          ..
>> 09/28/2007  06:15 PM           265,396 dos4gw.exe
>> 11/03/2005  02:25 PM            13,402 FIND.exe
>> 10/07/2008  12:04 PM         1,966,080 FW528E.rom
>> 09/28/2007  06:15 PM           335,852 MegaFl.exe
>> 10/07/2008  04:52 PM             9,484 nocheck.bat
>> 10/07/2008  04:52 PM             9,834 update.bat
>> 06/17/1994  01:03 AM             3,380 XGREP.COM
>>               7 File(s)      2,603,428 bytes
>>               2 Dir(s)   2,750,205,952 bytes free
>>
>> Ok, but that doesn't make a boot floppy, and is too large to fit on a
>> floppy anyway.  So, I went to bootdisk.com to make a bootdisk, and then
>> realized my PE2900 doesn't have a floppy drive.  So what are my
>> options?  Make a DOS boot floppy, make an image of the boot floppy with
>> dd, and then burn that image to a CD and boot from the CD?  and then
>> burn a CD with the files above and run update.bat?
>>
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