Description
Thanks to http://www.ducea.com/2007/08/27/dell-bios-firmware-updates-on-debian/ I found a way to update the BIOS of a Dell PowerEdge 2950. It should work for other models as well, maybe even for Dell desktops and laptops?
So how to do it?
- Install some tools:
aptitude update
aptitude upgrade
aptitude install smbios-utils libsmbios2
- You can check the current BIOS version with:
getSystemId
- Download BIOS at Dell, you can use "Update Package for Microsoft® Windows®"
- unzip the .exe file in an empty directory:
unzip<filename>
- Load a required kernel module:
modprobe dell_rbu
- Install new BIOS, it is in the payloads dir in the just extracted stuff (.hdr file)
dellBiosUpdate -u -f <filename.hdr>
- And reboot
reboot
Et voila! Using getSystemId you can check if the version is updated.