PowerEdge 1650 and ESM FW update under linux

Question

I'm having an odd problem with the ESM update for the poweredge 1650. I downloaded the 'ESM_FRMW_LX_A37_R117418.BIN' file from the support site, and following the instructions, I execute the file with the --version parameter:   madusa dell utilities # ./ESM_FRMW_LX_A37_R117418.BIN --version Dell Update Package 2.4 Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Dell, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ESM_FRMW_LX_A37_R117418.BIN Error: extract(): Unable to create temporary files. Please ensure that there is enough space in the tmp folder.   I have plenty of space left:   madusa dell utilities # df -h Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on 10.4.12.1:/usr/diskless/madusa                       20G  8.7G  9.2G  49% / udev                  126M  112K  126M   1% /dev shm                   126M     0  126M   0% /dev/shm 10.4.12.1:/home/rich  631G  297G  285G  52% /mnt/gorgon The only thing I can figure is that whatever program it's trying to use to do the extracting doesn't exist (from looking at the file itself, it throws that message on any failure)... but I don't know what program it's trying to use to extract. Can anyone assist? Thanks.

kshots · Answer

Ok, I really need these firmware updates. Is it possible to run the update software on a windows machine (not the dell 1650, and I say Windows because the dell support for linux seems to be minimal, which means I'll have to FIND a windows machine somewhere...), extract everything to a bootable floppy and boot that?   Not the ideal situation - I'll have to haul a keyboard and monitor out to the server and boot it that way, but it's better than listening to all the fans screaming at 8000 RPM all day long (my god that's a noisy beast). Message Edited by kshots on 01-16-200710:01 AM

mitz · Answer

Did you ever figure out what was missing here? I have the same problem with a firmware update and delldset, as well. mitz

kshots · Answer

Unfortunately, no. I did find a way to flash the firmware via a DOS boot disk, though... but it didn't solve the problem I was hoping the firmware update would fix (the fans are always at 8000 RPM in my office).

mitz · Answer

I e-mailed tech support back and forth several times today about this. I'm using an unsupported OS (Fedora 5), so I'm pretty much out of luck. My feeling is that this is a hardware issue and should be OS-agnostic, but that's not the prevailing view, if you know what I mean. My problem arose when I changed a BIOS setting to restart the machine when main power came back on after a UPS-automated shutdown using apcupsd. Since I've changed it back, I haven't had the problem (touch wood, as they say). Cheers.

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