Prom Post: 7145

9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Having PROM Env remotely !

My workstation's graphic card had problem so unitl it's fixing if i want to have PROM env & run some commands like OK probe-scsi or ..... what should i do ? Rgrds Nikk

2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

I have a query. Its about the PROM password on a SUN ULTRA5. I am the administrator of a UNIX network, which is actually a private network within the company that I work for. The IT department who supplied the workstations will not remove the PROM passwords - I need it removed in order to do...

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

PROM password for UNIX workstation.

Can someone give me the reason why PROM passwords are put on UNIX machines??? Is there a genuinely good, sane and reasonable decision for this???

4. Solaris

Disable Network cards under boot Prom

Hi, I'm looking for a command to be able to disable a network card under the boot PROM. I need it to force my Jumpstart to use the Ethernet card of my server (V880) instead of my fiber card (gem0). Thanks, Fabien

5. Solaris

Get openboot version without going to PROM

Hi there How do i get the openboot version from within solaris 8-sparc. i cant seem to run "banner" or ".version" using eeprom cheers

6. Solaris

upgrading Openboot PROM

Hi there, I have a Sunfire v210 running solaris 8 and the PROM banner shows that the openboot version is 4.11.4, I have nbeen asked to make sure that the PROM is at the latest version. Does anybody know the procedure for upgrading openboot, and indeed , where i can get the software from any...

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

prom in deleting a pattern

hi guys, i have a directory.inside that so many directories and files are there.i want to search the complete directory for a pattern in all the .txt files.if i will find that pattern then i want to delete that pattern from that file. please help me out. i want it urgent

8. Solaris

Open Boot PROM - OK Prompt +dd +mount

Greetings friends, I would like to 'clone' the system/root hard disk with dd. (Solaris 10 on SPARC). If I understood correctly, 'OK Prompt' can use dd command? Can it mount drives? (to avoid any possibility of cloning the wrong drive, I'd like to output dd to file) thanks.

9. Solaris

Update OpenBoot Prom from CD

Hello, I have a sun v880 that i got from ebay for cheap as a way to to learn Solaris and sun hardware in general. The machine currently has OBP 4.7.0 2002/10/25 and i was wondering if there was a way to update the prom with out and active solaris install, as currently when i proceed with the...

LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

updatemanager

updatemanager(1M)					  System Administration Commands					 updatemanager(1M)

NAME

       updatemanager - start the Sun Update Manager application

SYNOPSIS

       updatemanager

DESCRIPTION

       The  updatemanager  command  starts the Sun Update Manager application. The Sun Update Manager is a graphical user interface (GUI) that you
       can use to manage updates and patches on your Solaris system.

       For more information about using this application, see the Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide in the Sun Update Connection, System
       Edition Collection on docs.sun.com.

       You can also manage updates and patches on the command line by using the smpatch command. See the smpatch(1M) man page.

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWupdatemgru		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Unstable			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       smpatch(1M), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    11 Oct 2005 						 updatemanager(1M)