Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:31:21 +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: <20091204153121.GA52600@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20091204150929.GA52455@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091204145230.GA52366@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091204150929.GA52455@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 03:09:29PM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > 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? no, that didn't work either: ok boot disk /boot/flash-update-SunBlade1500 Sun Blade 1500, No Keyboard Copyright 1998-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. OpenBoot 4.9.5, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #59123937. Ethernet address 0:3:ba:86:28:e1, Host ID: 838628e1. Rebooting with command: boot disk /boot/flash-update-SunBlade1500 Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/disk@0,0 File and args: /boot/flash-update-Su nBlade1500 >> FreeBSD/sparc64 boot block Boot path: /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/disk@0,0:a Boot loader: /boot/flash-update-SunBlade1500 Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss ok So how can one update PROM (OBP / POST / OBDIAG)? Any advice? 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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