- Configuring my Dell PowerEdge R920 for dual SD Cards instead of Internal HDs. One way to test it is to download the Dell OMSA Live CD (which is a Linux Distro). From here, you can run Diagnostics and such to test the board. I would do that before purchasing another proc and ram.
- Aug 15, 2009. OpenFiler OS. In situations like this, I found the Dell Knoppix Boot CD works wonders. A live CD based on Knoppix 3.4 that allows to run Dell Openmanage directly from the CD. Download the iso of your choice * Create.
- • Dell OpenManage Server Administrator version 8.0.1. Live CD, click Browse. The Select Live ISO dialog box is displayed. Support Live Image DVD: 1 Download.
Dell OMSA LiveCD download for ESX firmware patching When you need to apply firmware update to a Dell server and the Life Cycle controller isn't playing ball or the server doesn't have a Life Cycle Controller you can download and use the Dell OMSA LiveCD.
What's the best linux distribution to put on a USB key to install the dell BIOS updates? I tried fedora but it was missing some dependencies and didn't work. Any instructions or step-by-step information is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
4 Answers
Why not use the Dell SUU to update the BIOS?
the SUU has been mentioned, but I usually use the OMSA live CD, found at http://linux.dell.com/files/openmanage-contributions/
I use Ubuntu for my Dell Mini, and updated the BIOS using that computer. I also have used Live USB versions of Ubuntu before. While I haven't updated the BIOS via Live USB, I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Better yet, why not rebuild a new live of Fedora (if that's what you're comfortable with) with the missing dependencies? Here's a start: Fedora: How to create and use Live USB
OK, this makes no sense for more then one reason...
1. If you need to boot from something to do a bios update, the fastest way would be to use the dos bootdisk. Dell usually offers most of their updates in multiple formats. One of those formats is usually a bootdisk creator in EXE format. I actually just rip the image out, and boot directly from GRUB w/ memdisk.
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2. If you ran windows, i'd hope you wouldn't ask this question. So unless you run something strange/rare like haikuOS or BSD, you should look into just using the Linux .bin updater from inside your OS. assuming you already have an active Linux OS, otherwise see step 1.
To use those dell .bin updates, you need to get these dependencies.If running x86 RHEL/CentOS/Fedora...
yum install libxml2 libstdc++ compat-libstdc++-33
If running x86_64 RHEL/CentOS/Fedora...
yum install libxml2.i386 libstdc++.i386 compat-libstdc++-33.i386
If you have something else going on, post more info. Otherwise I hope I could help.