Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:09:29 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firmware update on Blade 1500 Message-ID: <20091204150929.GA52455@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20091204145230.GA52366@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091204145230.GA52366@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 02:52:30PM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > 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? no, that didn't work, I get: Bad magic number in disk label Can't open disk label package Can't open boot device maybe I can copy the file somewhere under /boot/kernel and pretend it's a kernel, and try to boot it? many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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