LSI 9300-8i Firmware upgrade: Failed to initialize PAL, HELP!


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I just wanted to upgrade the firmware of my LSI 9300-8i, using

https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/Installer_P16_for_MSDOS_and_Windows.zip_p

 

I copied the following files from the above ZIP to a FreeDOS bootable USB stick and booted from that:

 

Installer(SAS3FLSH) DOS                  : \sas3flash_dos_rel\sas3flash.exe                             17.00.00.00          02-Apr-18     

Firmware                                 : \firmware\SAS9300_8i_IT\SAS9300_8i_IT.bin                    16.00.10.00          01-Aug-19           

BIOS                                     : \sasbios_rel\mptsas3.rom                                     8.37.00.00           05-Apr-18           

 

Running "sas3flsh" gives "Failed to initialize PAL." and the tool exits.

 

I found this: https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2246526-flashing-ir-mode-to-lsi-9300-8i

It did not work, the stick was not recognized as UEFI bootable even after putting the flash-tool in the root folder and also in /efi/boot/bootx64.efi

Bummer.

 

 

Edited by b0m541
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