Dell Inspiron 1525 BIOS update Debian
Based on http://www.ducea.com/2007/08/27/dell...tes-on-debian/, which goes a bit more in detail. Basically I just copied the relevant parts. Thanks!
Dell's official Linux support labelled OMSA currently only works for rpm based distros, but not for Debian. So do it manually
Install smbios packages:
Get system information;
Search for the newest firmware for System ID: 0x022F on
http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bios-hdrs/ and get it, e.g.:
Load kernel module required by libsmbios for BIOS updates:
Quit all applications, update the BIOS (bios gets written with that command and CMOS bit is set to notify BIOS about update), then reboot:
Where -u is for "update" and "-f" seems to be necessary to specify the file (not documented).
This worked like a charm for me. The above output is copied from the post I cited above, without the WARNING that I did not get.
After reboot verify it worked:
Dell's official Linux support labelled OMSA currently only works for rpm based distros, but not for Debian. So do it manually
Install smbios packages:
Code:
ii libsmbios-bin 2.0.3.dfsg-1.1 Provide access to (SM)BIOS information -- utility binaries ii libsmbios2 2.0.3.dfsg-1.1 Provide access to (SM)BIOS information -- dynamic library
Code:
$ sudo getSystemId Libsmbios: 2.0.3 System ID: 0x022F Service Tag: FV84M3J Express Service Code: 34539838687 Product Name: Inspiron 1525 BIOS Version: A11 Vendor: Dell Inc. Is Dell: 1
http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bios-hdrs/ and get it, e.g.:
Code:
wget http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bios-hdrs/system_bios_ven_0x1028_dev_0x022f_version_a17/bios.hdr
Code:
sudo modprobe dell_rbu
Code:
sudo dellBiosUpdate -u -f bios.hdr Supported RBU type for this system: (MONOLITHIC, PACKET) Using RBU v2 driver. Initializing Driver. Setting RBU type in v2 driver to: MONOLITHIC Prep driver for data load. Writing RBU data (4096bytes/dot): ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Notify driver data is finished. Activate CMOS bit to notify BIOS that update is ready on next boot. Update staged sucessfully. BIOS update will occur on next reboot.
This worked like a charm for me. The above output is copied from the post I cited above, without the WARNING that I did not get.
After reboot verify it worked:
Code:
$ sudo getSystemId Libsmbios: 2.0.3 System ID: 0x022F Service Tag: FV84M3J Express Service Code: 34539838687 Product Name: Inspiron 1525 BIOS Version: A17 Vendor: Dell Inc. Is Dell: 1
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