Thanks Rayford, Jeff and Timothy. The "sh -x " doesn't appear to reveal anything about the error: + return 0 + iRc=0 + '[' 0 -ne 0 -o '!' -s /tmp/.dellSP-XmlResult10698-27956.s16445 ']' + '[' 0 -ne 0 ']' + msgFmt GENERIC_FAIL_UPDATE + _msg GENERIC_FAIL_UPDATE + local search=GENERIC_FAIL_UPDATE + shift ++ look -t= GENERIC_FAIL_UPDATE= en.prop + fmt -s -w 210 + local 'entry=GENERIC_FAIL_UPDATE=The update failed to complete'
However, Jeff's suggestion may have revealed the issue: cd bios_extract cp payload/* . ./biosie.bin -u -d r710-010306.hdr <Message id="11">BIOS HDR file is corrupted</Message> This bios is part of the SUU dvd. I'll try and download it direct from the Dell site and give it another go. Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 2:56 PM To: Mike Hanby; [email protected] Subject: RE: R610 and R710 fail to install BIOS update, CentOS 5 > Continue? Y/N:Y > Executing update... > WARNING: DO NOT STOP THIS PROCESS OR INSTALL OTHER DELL PRODUCTS WHILE > UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS. > THESE ACTIONS MAY CAUSE YOUR SYSTEM TO BECOME UNSTABLE! > . > The update failed to complete ./PER610_BIOS_LX_1.3.6.BIN --extract dir cd dir cp payload/* . ./biosie -u -d -d is debug, should get more info May I also suggest trying the rpm-based updates from the yum repo? http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/ -Jeff _______________________________________________ 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
