Owner's Manual

24 Performing BIOS and Firmware Updates Using Dell Linux Online Repository
To update BIOS and firmware for your system:
1
Setup/bootstrap the repository
2 Install firmware-tools
3 Download applicable firmware
4 Update BIOS and firmware
Setting Up/Bootstrapping the Repository
To setup/bootstrap the Dell Linux online repository, run the following
command at the command prompt:
wget -q -O -
http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.
cgi | bash
The system is configured to access the Dell Linux online repository using
supported repository management software. The Dell GPG keys and
libsmbios (BIOS library) are also installed.
Creating a Local Mirror
To create a local mirror of the Dell Linux online repository, use the following
command:
rsync://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware
NOTE: The Dell Linux repository contains .htaccess files. To enable your Apache
system to recognize these, you must allow overrides for the directory that contains
the Dell Linux repository.
Installing Firmware Tools
Depending on the repository management software you are using, run one of
the following commands to install firmware-tools:
For yum:
yum install dell_ft_install
For up2date:
up2date -i dell_ft_install
For rug:
rug install dell_ft_install