On Sat, September 6, 2014 9:21 am, Steven Tardy wrote: > On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Valeri Galtsev <galt...@kicp.uchicago.edu> > wrote: > >> >> I was always fascinated: why [some] people are dying to upgrade >> firmware? >> It doesn't matter whether by firmware you mean system board BIOS, or >> firmware of some card. Why taking chance having your machine hosed? > > > Because BIOS updates often fix corner case issues/bugs. > The BIOS release notes for this PowerEdge 2970 server: > http://downloads.dell.com/bios/PE2970-040201BIOS.txt > includes: > * Fixed intermittent SATA Drive B not found error.
But that is exactly what I said: if the hardware was released and sold with this piece of crap BIOS, then you shouldn't be buying that junk in the first place. Or at least stop buying the crap made by _this_ manufacturer in a future. I'm still not convinced. Any better reasons? Valeri > > The likelihood of a BIOS upgrade going bad if due diligence is done to > verify the BIOS upgrade is for that hardware is practically zero. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
