Aubrey Li writes:
> On 10/10/07, James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > BFU is the supported way to replace the ON bits.  It generally
> > includes corrections for changes that have occurred in packaging.
> > However, it only updates ON -- which is a small part of OpenSolaris.
> >
> Err..., BFU is dangerous, too.

Sure.  Just much less so than "Install."

> When change the code, developer can't
> make sure if it will cause kernel panic. While BFU overwrite the
> existing kernel image, so this is quite possible you will have no way
> to boot your system anymore.

Yep.  For what it's worth, LU and netboot are your friends here.

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