User's Manual

Rebuilding Packages 43

Setting Up a Test System for Rebuilding

a Package

Dell recommends using a test system that has the same running kernel as the

kernel that is running on the system in the production environment.

Scenario

The following scenario covers the major steps that you would follow in

determining that your downloaded package does not support the running

kernel on the Dell system to which you were trying to apply the package.

The scenario provides a high-level description of the steps for rebuilding the

package and distributing it to the systems on which you want to use the

rebuilt package.

Download the latest BIOS version from the Dell Support website at

support.dell.com

for a Dell system.

When trying to apply the package to the Dell system, you learn that the

precompiled package that you downloaded, does not support the kernel

version that is currently running on your system.

An inventory of your network’s production environment shows that the

same unsupported kernel is running on a total of 200 systems.

You decide to use the DUP

--rebuild

option to build a customized

package. The customized package will support an additional kernel.

Select a non–production

test

system on which to rebuild this package to

add support for this kernel.

On this test system, ensure that certain prerequisites are satisfied.

If the prerequisites are not satisfied, the

--rebuild

option will not

work. For more information on the prerequisites, see "Prerequisites for the

Test System."

Run the

--rebuild

option against the downloaded DUP to add support

for the running kernel. For example, type the following command:

./PE2850-ESM_FRMW_LX_R92394.bin --rebuild