[SunHELP] OpenBoot version/updating

[Kevin Stevens]

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for (dammit, I can never find
ANYTHING on the Sun site).

KeS

> On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Kevin Stevens wrote:
>
> > How does one find:
> >
> > a) the current OpenBoot version for a particular platform.
> > b) the flash update files/utilities for said platform.
>
> If you're referring to an Ultra, SunSolve has this information
> (sunsolve.sun.com).  Search on your model name and "obp".  If it's a
> pre-Ultra, the OBP is not flashable and requires a chip swap.
>
> Unless you have a particular reason to update there will be no benefit.
> Once an OS is running the OBP is almost completely out of the picture.
>
> -James
>
>
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