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From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
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Subject: firmware update on Blade 1500
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I've downloaded the latest firmware updates for Blade 1500,
but looking at their guide, I need to have some
version of Sun OS running in order to use their binaries.
Has anybody tried to update firmware on Blades or other
Sun boxes? Any advice? If I burn the binaries to a CD,
and try to boot from it, will that work?

many thanks
anton

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