> I've just installed Solaris Express Community edition
> (b57) from the CD's mailed to me.
> 
> However I've noticed that I need build 64 or higher
> to support my wireless network card.
> 
> Is my only option to do a total re-install, or is
> there some way I can upgrade from this earlier
> build?

You can try to update the core parts of the operating system
using "bfu". The latest one is b67, available here:

http://dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/b67/

It works something like this:

- download "ON Specific Build Tools" (SUNWonbld.i386.tar.bz2)
  http://dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/b67/SUNWonbld.i386.tar.bz2

  uncompress / unpack it and add it to the system with pkgadd

  bunzip2 < SUNWonbld.i386.tar.bz2 | (cd /tmp; tar xf - )
  pkgadd -d /tmp SUNWonbld

- download "ON BFU Archives (non-debug)"  (on-bfu-nightly-open-nd.i386.tar.bz2)
  http://dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/b67/on-bfu-nightly-open-nd.i386.tar.bz2

  uncompress / unpack it

  bunzip2 < on-bfu-nightly-open-nd.i386.tar.bz2  | (cd /tmp; tar xf - )


- Run "bfu" to update the system using the "ON BFU Archives" that
  you've download and unpacked

  I'm using something like this

===========================
#!/bin/csh

set path=(/opt/onbld/bin $path)

setenv FASTFS /opt/onbld/bin/`uname -p`/fastfs
setenv BFULD /opt/onbld/bin/`uname -p`/bfuld
setenv GZIPBIN /usr/bin/gzip
setenv ACR /opt/onbld/bin/acr

bfu /tmp/archives-nightly-open-nd
===========================


- When "bfu" is done upgrading the system, run the command
  "acr" to automatically resolve configuration file conflicts

- After "acr" is done, use the command "reboot" to restart the
  system - which should now be using the updated core OS.
 
 
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