> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:00:28 +0200, Admar Schoonen wrote: >> I just upgraded OBP on my Ultra 5 last week (needed to update OBP to >> recognize >> a 360 MHz cpu instead of the original 270 MHz cpu). A friend of mine had set >> up >> a rarp and tftp server, and I could just 'boot net' the firmware image to >> flash >> it. I'm sorry I can't help you with setting up rarp/tftp servers. > > You probably can also use dhcp boot with: > > {0} ok boot net:dhcp > > On the dhcp server set the bootfile and server parameters to the tftp server > containing the flash-update image. > > Worked like a charm here for a Sun Enterprise 450. > > Greetings > Hermann
Since we are on the subject. Is it possible to upgrade OBP from linux rather than solaris? All of my machines are surplus and I ended up going exclusively debian (yay!) on them. I haven't found any good documentation on if this is even possible. Thanks Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]