Re: Upgrading openboot

2004-07-17 Thread David Leggett
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You need to setup a RARPD to assign your U5 an ip address and also a tftp server to serve it the upgrade file. If your other system is a debian one then this couldnt be much easier. `aptitude install rarpd atftpd` Create /etc/ethers with the syntax sh

Re: Upgrading openboot

2004-07-17 Thread Lee Philpot
Hi David,   Just read the posting you had with regard to upgrading openboot. I am having similar problems with my Ultra 5. Being fairly new to Sun systems, I wondered how I might try the netboot option that was suggested. Simple instructions for the newbie please.   Cheers   Lee   [EMAIL

Re: Upgrading openboot

2004-03-27 Thread David Leggett
On Saturday 27 March 2004 22:13, Clint Adams wrote: > > Can i upgrade openboot with silo or do i need to use suns bootloader, > > whatever that might be? > > You could netboot the prom upgrade via RARP/TFTP. Which is a fine idea indeed new openboot installed and running wonderfully Sun Ultra 5/10

Re: Upgrading openboot

2004-03-27 Thread Clint Adams
> Can i upgrade openboot with silo or do i need to use suns bootloader, > whatever > that might be? You could netboot the prom upgrade via RARP/TFTP.

Upgrading openboot

2004-03-27 Thread David Leggett
Hello Debian/Ultra5 users (and silo developers?) I have been attempting to upgrade my ultra5's openboot to the latest version which i downloaded from sunsolve (patch 106121-18). Aparently the version of openboot that is currently installed into the prom is 3.15 ok .version Release 3.15 Version