have the same problem:
on win I was running "BIOS_3700_A10.EXE /writehdrfile" and got bios_3700_a10.hdr
on ubuntu I did:
dellBiosUpdate -f ./bios_3700_a10.hdr -u
Performing BIOS update...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/dellBiosUpdate", line 115, in <module>
def ensureRbuDriver():
File "/usr/sbin/dellBiosUpdate", line 153, in main
exit_code = updateBios(HdrFile(options.hdr), options)
File "<peak.util.decorators.rewrap wrapping libsmbios_c.rbu_update.updateBios
at 0x09B6DA3C>", line 3, in updateBios
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libsmbios_c/trace_decorator.py", line
108, in trace
result = func(*args, **kw)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libsmbios_c/rbu_update.py", line 91,
in updateBios
raise InappropriateHDRFile( _("The .HDR file does not list this system
(0x%04x) as a supported system. The supported systems are: %s") % (id,
["0x%04x" % x for x in hdrfile.systemIds()]) )
TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting
dellBiosUpdate --hdr-info=./bios_3700_a10.hdr
BIOS HDR file information dump.
Filename: ./bios_3700_a10.hdr
File magic header: $RBU
Header length: 84
Header major version: 1
Header minor version: 1
Number of supported systems: 1
Quick check field: Copyright 2009 Dell Inc.
BIOS Version (RAW): <libsmbios_c.rbu_hdr.c_ubyte_Array_3 object at 0x8a28a94>
BIOS Version: A10
Misc flags: 0
Compatibility flags: 1
System ID: 0x0042 Hardware Revision: 0
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