[rescue] Ultra 5 OBP Ugrade

[Jeremy RJ Towers]

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Patch-ID# 106121-17
Keywords: Desktop Standalone Flash PROM Update
Synopsis: Hardware/PROM: Ultra 5/10 Standalone Flash PROM Update
Date: Apr/10/2002

Solaris Release: 7 8

SunOS Release: 5.7 5.8

Unbundled Product: Hardware/PROM
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          under the "Solaris Release" and "SunOS Release" sections may not 
          be complete: The absence of a valid Solaris Release or SunOS  
          Release from the lists above does not preclude the installation 
          of this patch against the hardware.


I doubt if this is the problem.  When the OS is running the boot PROM is 
not consulted. At startup time, a path to the device is established, not 
parameters about the device internals

boot Solaris from cdrom and install from that. Use tape or network to 
place patch in /tmp and install following instructions in patch.

regards

Jeremy



Ken Caruso wrote:

>I have searched on Sun's site for how to upgrade the OpenBoot firmware
>on my Ultra 5 (270mhz). Every search I have tried on sun.com comes up
>with product pages, and Big Admin didnt seem to be much help either,
>maybe my searching skills are not up to par.
>
>Anyways so I have an Ultra5 that I am running Linux and OpenBSD on. I
>attempted to install an 80gig disk and Linux only saw the disk as
>11gigs.
>
>I am assuming that I need to upgrade the OpenBoot firmware to get the
>drive properly recognized however I yet to find clear instructions on
>how to upgrade the firmware, and no indication of wether or not I can do
>this without Solaris installed on the machine. 
>
>Thanks