Updating Firmware on legacy Dell Hardware in Ubuntu Linux
It took a bit of Google searching and hocus-pocus to figure out how to patch the BIOS rev A04 on our old Dell PowerEdge SC1420 Server. Here's the magic incantation. ############################################################ # Dell Firmware Update for Ubuntu Linux, on Legacy Hardware ############################################################ # Install firmware update tool out of the universe repository apt-get install firmware-addon-dell # Not sure if this is needed, I didn't need it, but it's documented modprobe dell_rbu # Dump a list of all device ids in the system bootstrap_firmware -a # open http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bios-hdrs in a browser # search for IDs that appear in bootstrap_firmware output # In my case, the SC1420 is system_bios_ven_0x1028_dev_0x0173 wget http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bios-hdrs/system_bios_ven_0x1028_dev_0x0173_version_a04/bios.hdr # Queue the new bios to be updated durning the next warm-boot dellBiosUpdate -u --force-mono -...