Le jeudi 10 novembre 2005 à 20:48 +0100, Hendrik Sattler a écrit : > Am Donnerstag, 10. November 2005 17:37 schrieb Hendrik Sattler: > > I got OBP-3.31 (currently, OBP-3.11 is installed) but do not quite know how > > to proceed. There is no Solaris installed and I doubt that the OBP can read > > Ext3. > > Can I refer to the update file directly from SILO? > > I have an empty hard drive, how can I format it so that it's suitable for > > an OBP upgrade? > > To clearify where I found the PROM: > http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/advsearch.do?collection=PATCH&type=collections&queryKey5=106455&toDocument=yes > > It is a tar.Z file, GNU tar can handle it after installing the ncompress > package. > > $ file flash-update-Ultra60-09 > flash-update-Ultra60-09: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, SPARC32PLUS, V8+ > Required, > version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped > > Is ELF directly bootable? Would be new to me. > > Note: I cannot install any DHCP or TFTP in that network, so net boot is not > an > option. Most OBP only support RARP, which does not conflict with DHCP/BOOTP when on the same physical network. So netboot should still be an option, and would be *the* only option accessible to you, I fear.
> HS
