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		<title>Dennis: Created page with &quot; == 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 f...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot; == 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 f...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
== Description ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== So how to do it? ==&lt;br /&gt;
* Install some tools:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;aptitude update&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;aptitude upgrade&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;aptitude install smbios-utils libsmbios2&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* You can check the current BIOS version with:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;getSystemId&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Download BIOS at Dell, you can use &amp;quot;Update Package for Microsoft® Windows®&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
* unzip the .exe file in an empty directory:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;unzip&amp;lt;filename&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Load a required kernel module:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;modprobe dell_rbu&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Install new BIOS, it is in the payloads dir in the just extracted stuff (.hdr file)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;dellBiosUpdate -u -f &amp;lt;filename.hdr&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* And reboot&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;reboot&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Et voila! Using getSystemId you can check if the version is updated.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Dennis</name></author>
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