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this is possible! (or at least is looking to be)
i have been able to get the library to work and will be attempting to do a bios update later today. i will post details later on how i went about this, if people are interested.
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OK. I started by downloading all the Dell firmware tools and such from their linux website. (for redhat, all rpm's) I turned the rpm's into tar.gz files and started extracting the files.
Once I got them all extracted I had a large amount of junk. The useful parts are the smbios library and the python scripts/modules. I put the smbios lib in my /lib, copied the pyton modules to $PYTHONPATH, and did an env-update. I was then able the execute the scripts and get output as following: | Code: | bin # ./getSystemId
Libsmbios: 0.11.4.10049.autobuild
System ID: 0x007C
Service Tag: GQS4R
Product Name: PowerEdge 4300/700
BIOS Version: A12
Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
Is Dell: 1 |
That is just one of the minor scripts that come w/ all the rpm files. Others give you the ability to update the bios, change the service tag, and change the asset tag. I have yet to be successful extracting the header files from the windows bios update packages (as detailed at the dell site) but am getting there.
I have posted links to this info here: http://www.alterself.com/site/dell_bios_update_linux.
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I am trying to make an ebuild for libsmbios, but I'm quite stuck. Can any of you help? 
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| alterself.com wrote: | OK. I started by downloading all the Dell firmware tools and such from their linux website. (for redhat, all rpm's) I turned the rpm's into tar.gz files and started extracting the files.
Once I got them all extracted I had a large amount of junk. The useful parts are the smbios library and the python scripts/modules. I put the smbios lib in my /lib, copied the pyton modules to $PYTHONPATH, and did an env-update. I was then able the execute the scripts and get output as following: | Code: | bin # ./getSystemId
Libsmbios: 0.11.4.10049.autobuild
System ID: 0x007C
Service Tag: GQS4R
Product Name: PowerEdge 4300/700
BIOS Version: A12
Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
Is Dell: 1 |
That is just one of the minor scripts that come w/ all the rpm files. Others give you the ability to update the bios, change the service tag, and change the asset tag. I have yet to be successful extracting the header files from the windows bios update packages (as detailed at the dell site) but am getting there.
I have posted links to this info here: http://www.alterself.com/site/dell_bios_update_linux. |
Can you please link to the site where you got the RPMS? Your site is totally brokem.
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| beatryder wrote: | | Can you please link to the site where you got the RPMS? Your site is totally brokem. |
I got a working ebuild, in case you need it, though it just installs the libraries. It would be awesome if someone helped me with getting the scripts installed too. 
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| beatryder wrote: | | alterself.com wrote: | OK. I started by downloading all the Dell firmware tools and such from their linux website. (for redhat, all rpm's) I turned the rpm's into tar.gz files and started extracting the files.
Once I got them all extracted I had a large amount of junk. The useful parts are the smbios library and the python scripts/modules. I put the smbios lib in my /lib, copied the pyton modules to $PYTHONPATH, and did an env-update. I was then able the execute the scripts and get output as following: | Code: | bin # ./getSystemId
Libsmbios: 0.11.4.10049.autobuild
System ID: 0x007C
Service Tag: GQS4R
Product Name: PowerEdge 4300/700
BIOS Version: A12
Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
Is Dell: 1 |
That is just one of the minor scripts that come w/ all the rpm files. Others give you the ability to update the bios, change the service tag, and change the asset tag. I have yet to be successful extracting the header files from the windows bios update packages (as detailed at the dell site) but am getting there.
I have posted links to this info here: http://www.alterself.com/site/dell_bios_update_linux. |
Can you please link to the site where you got the RPMS? Your site is totally brokem. |
i dont remember, it has been quite some time. yes, i know my site is incredibly broken right now, no time to fix either....
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I did a bios update via the dell site for linux once.
I think it involved installed one of their rpms (I did this on a FC6 notebook). Then download the windows bios update file. Then when you do the update it actually put a grub entry and on reboot booted straight into the dell image |
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A working overlay for smbios can be found here: http://pico.is.free.fr/pommed-overlay-2.tar.bz2
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Can you submit that via layman?
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No idea how, and I wasn't the creator. You should contact him on this thread.
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