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Operating Systems Solaris Update OpenBoot Prom from CD Post 302886394 by hicksd8 on Friday 31st of January 2014 07:46:10 AM

01-31-2014

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You have Solaris 10 media but which revision? Is it an older version which uses "boot archive"? (That's prior to 10u3).

There are two ways to update firmware; from the system processor SC> prompt without Solaris running, or from Solaris # prompt with Solaris running. Booting into single user means that Solaris is running.

One really handy utility is "sysfwdownload" introduced in latter years (Google that). That is a Solaris utility that will download the new firmware file directly inot the Service Processor and "park" it there in reserved space. When you reboot the SC it notices the new file and asks whether you want it flashed in. If you say yes, everything is done for you.

With the SC only method you can download the new firmware from a tftp server. Do you have one of those or can you quickly build one?

Reading your post and the specific error message that you posted, take a look at this link near the bottom. If the Solaris 10 is prior 10u3 there's other steps needed.
Upgrading OBP and ALOM on a SunFire v210/v240 � Weblog for Thomas S. Iversen

Good luck. Let us all know how you get on. Continue to post your questions.

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And also..............

When you talk about the file "flash-update-SunFire880-latest" where did you get that? I seem to remember that when you download (from the internet) a firmware upgrade it comes in zip form and you need to unpack it and then set permissions on the file(s) to 755. I think that often there is more than one file unpacked from the zip and you need to set any/all to 755.

Can anybody confirm that please?

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suninstall

suninstall(1M)						  System Administration Commands					    suninstall(1M)

NAME

       suninstall - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       suninstall

DESCRIPTION

       install-solaris(1M) is now the preferred command for starting and restarting the Solaris Installation program. It should be used instead of
       suninstall. suninstall is symbolically linked to install-solaris.

       suninstall is a forms-based and graphical subsystem for installing the operating system.

       suninstall exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should only be invoked from there. Refer to the Solaris 10 Instal-
       lation Guide: Basic Installations for more details.

       suninstall allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. suninstall loads the software available on the installa-
       tion media. Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for disk space requirements.

USAGE

       Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for more information on the various menus and selections.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcdrom (Solaris  instal-  |
       |			     |lation media)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), install-solaris(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations

NOTES

       It is advisable to exit suninstall by means of the exit options in the suninstall menus.

SunOS 5.10							    9 Sep 2004							    suninstall(1M)