[SunRescue] 300mhz CPU upgrade - no luck

[Bill Bradford]

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 04:11:26PM -0700, Naji Alkateeb wrote:
> This will enable you to flash the prom.
> The only way I know how to do it is by
> doing a fresh load of Solaris 7.  After
> a successful load and re-boot the system
> will prompt you "Do you want to update the Flash Prom"
> answer yes
> It will ask you three times if this is what you want to
> do. yes to all
> After it comes up and you get to the # prompt - power the
> machine down - using "init 0"

There's also a "patch" downloadable from Sun that lets you do it
from a pre-installed Solaris install in single-user mode.  Did
this with an U2 at a former employer who needed to upgrade to
300Mhz CPUs from 170s.

bill

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