> On May 12, 2008, at 9:24 AM, Omer Faruk Sen wrote: > > > Is it possible to upgrade obp without having an > Operating system > > installed on a Sparc hardware. I have read that (on > different forums) > > it is not possible. But maybe there is a way for > that? Maybe having a > > bootable live cd or? > > You need to mention the type of system you wish to do > this on. Many > sparc-based systems allow updating the OBP from the > ALOM or SC if your > system is equipped with that. > > Assuming you have no OS loaded, paste the output of > the OBP banner > here and someone can tell you if you can do a network > load of new > firmware on that system. > > IF your system is not capable of that, you *might* be > able to boot net > and load the firmware image from a solaris miniroot, > such as the one > on a jumpstart server (if you have one).
You can boot net to install the firmware. I'm not sure it's recommended, but I've been doing it for years with the systems which did not have the automatic prom update patch (280R/480/490)... Ben This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
