[SPARCbook] Solaris 2.7 and patches.

[Len Rose]

This procedure is flawless, it works perfectly up to the patch
cluster dated Aug/13/02..

The only caveat I'd have to add is that you should never blindly
install any patch clusters without examining the installation
scripts and noting what files are going to be manipulated beforehand.

Len

On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 02:51:55PM -0400, Joseph Spainhour wrote:
> I am not sure if this has been posted before or not, but here goes.
> 
> If you want to bring your solaris 7 version up to the latest patch release,
> Download the latest patch cluster and follow these simple instruction.
> 
> 1. Unzip the patch cluster.
> 2. Copy /kernel/misc/pcalloc to /kernel/misc/pcalloc.orig
> 3. Install the patch cluster.
> 4. Reboot.
> 5. Add the video driver to the system.
> 6. Copy /kernel/misc/pcalloc.orig to /kernel/misc/pcalloc
> 7. Reboot.
> 
> i.e
> 
> 1. unzip 7_Recommended.zip
> 2. cp /kernel/misc/pcalloc /kernel/misc/pcalloc.orig
> 3. cd 7_Recommended;./install_cluster
> 4. reboot
> 5. add_drv p9100
> 6. cp /kernel/misc/pcalloc.orig /kernel/misc/pcalloc
> 7. reboot
> 
> Once completed, you should have a fully functional sparcbook that has the 
> latest kernel installed.
> 
> Please note that the pcalloc module was removed from the kernel by patch 
> 106541-22. I am not sure why it was removed, but it is needed for the 
> ts102 pcmcia bridge driver to function. If you do not use the pcmcia
> bus, I suggest you just remove the ts102 driver (i.e rem_drv ts102)
> and skip steps 2 and 6.
> 
> Also note that I am using a 3000XT, so your results may vary.
> 
> Joseph