On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 07:22:20AM +0100, Gavin McCullagh wrote:
> Hi,
>> we've recently got a couple of Dell MD1000 disk enclosures and are setting
> them up on an Ubuntu Hardy.
>> There is a critical firmware upgrade for them. I've downloaded the linux
> .bin file to do the upgrade. However, it appears to presume I'm using
> a RedHat server as it doesn't work with the dash shell (though I could get
> around that) and a bunch of errors are reported about RPM (below).
>> Does anyone know of a trick to do this on a debian-based system? Is
> burning the ISO image the only way? I'm only at the setup stage now so
> it's not that big a deal, but this would be pretty inconvenient down the
> road when the server is in use.
I'll have a look when I get into the office, but it's possible
you might be able to flash it though the MegaCLI tool (if
you're using it with a PERC5/E or PERC6/e).
Later,
Kenn
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