Hi, The firmware Yum repo was created in August 2010, and has not been updated. The next update December will carry latest versions of firmware and BIOS.
Thanks, Sreenath -----Original Message----- From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Robin Bowes Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 4:08 PM To: linux-poweredge-Lists Subject: R410 BIOS update success (was Re: Perc6/i does not want to upgrade firmware. suggestions?) On 01/11/10 20:17, [email protected] wrote: > On 01/11/10 19:01, Robin Bowes wrote: >> I am already using those repos, however they are not working for me. >> >> Here's the output of "update_firmware --yes": > ... >> - Installing dell_dup_componentid_00159 - 1.4.7Installation failed >> for package: dell_dup_componentid_00159 - 1.4.7 aborting update... >> >> The error message from the low-level command was: >> >> Could not parse output, bad xml for package: >> dell_dup_componentid_00159 > ... >> output from the cmd was: >> >> EXCEPTION: Could not parse output, bad xml for package: > ... >> Any idea where the problem is? > > Yes, this has come up, and I've instructed people to try running the > update module directly to check the output. The problem is that the > output from the underlying bios update module is blank. It should be > xml. I'm unable to debug the bios module. Official support should be > able to raise this issue to someone who can. I managed to get the BIOS update to work last night. Why on earth the Dell scripts are so involved and *still* fail is beyond me. Details here: http://yo61.com/updating-dell-firmware-when-update_firmware-fails.html R. -- "Feed that ego and you starve the soul" - Colonel J.D. Wilkes http://www.theshackshakers.com/ _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
