Hi, I'm totally new to Sun/Solaris. Can anyone point me to the correct place to download the latest PROM update for an E450? How difficult are they to install ? I do not yet have the OS (Solaris 10) loaded due to bad CD images (I think), but is CD the manner in which one would apply the PROM update ? Any and all suggestions are sincerely welcome. THANKS !
Install your OS on that box and then go for the task of updating your OBP.
There are a couple of ways that you could get the flash-update file.
You could search on Sun's support web site, Sunsolve, or you could use the SSH to find it.
At [url=http://sunsolve.sun.com]Sunsolve[/url] you can use search terms,
such as 'E450' and perhaps 'prom', and/or perhaps 'update',
then wade through all the search results until you find what you need.
Then, there is a mantra that some of us mutter quietly:
"The Sun System Handbook is your friend ..."
"The Sun System Handbook is your friend ..."
"The Sun System Handbook is your friend ..."
There is a link to the downloadable zipfile at the front of the E450 page in the SSH.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/E450/E450.html
Click the link to patch number 106122 and you'll get to another web page,
that is the README file of instructions.
It has a link for the latest version of the file.
(no need for the digitally "signed" version, use the "normal version")
The zipfile includes the binary data and a copy of that instruction README file.
The procedure is most easily done if you have a functional OS on the box.
You'd then have a root directory, that temporarily holds the flash-update binary.
