On 06/11/09 20:33, Stephen Dowdy wrote: > > I take the payload image after extracting from the .BIN and put it > into my own BIOS update package that uses libsmbios bits to flash > BIOS. (much lighter weight).
Stephen, Would you mind sharing how you do that with me (us!) ? I *think* that I've got the appropriate firmware packages installed on my test machine using: # yum -y install $(bootstrap_firmware) This installs: PERC_6_i_Adapter_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b-a11-21.noarch The contents of which I've listed at the end of this message. One of the installed files is payload/FW612II.rom. Is this the PERC firmware ROM that should be flashed? If so, how can I flash it from the (CentOS 5.4) command line? Thanks for any info you can share. R. # rpm -ql PERC_6_i_Adapter_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b-a11-21.noarch /usr/share/doc/PERC_6_i_Adapter_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b-a11 /usr/share/doc/PERC_6_i_Adapter_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b-a11/dell-std-license.txt /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11 /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/09-local-secupd-rhel4.rules /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/09-local-secupd.rules /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/10-ignore-secupd-rhel4.fdi /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/10-ignore-secupd.fdi /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/PIEInfo.txt /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/Version.txt /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/build_variables.txt /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/dell-std-license.txt /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/dupdisneyinstall.sh /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework/PIEConfig.sh /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework/buildVer.sh /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework/en.prop /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework/getSystemId /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework/mc.txt /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework/smbiosHelp.txt /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework/spUtilityHelp.txt /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework/spconfig.xml /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework/sphelp.txt /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework/spsetup.sh /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework/sputility.bin /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework/svmExeMsg.xsl /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/framework/uni-eol.txt /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/getLbl /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/hapi /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/hapi/srvadmin-hapi-6.1.0-426.i386.rpm /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/hapi/srvadmin-ipmi-6.1.0-426.DUP.i386.rpm /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/hapi/srvadmin-omilcore-6.1.0-426.i386.rpm /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/libstorelib.so /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/libstorelibir.so /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/package.ini /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/package.xml /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/payload /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/payload/FW612IA.rom /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/sasdupie /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/secupd-hotplug /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/secupd-usb.agent /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/secupd_scsi_generic.agent /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/secupd_udev.get_persistent_device_name.sh /usr/share/firmware/dell/dup/pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b_version_a11/secupd_udev.rules _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
