Sun Microsystems SPARCengine Ultra AXi, Technical Manual

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Appendix D OpenBoot Firmware D-17
The system will display:
OBP 3.10.X <creation date>
POST 2.Y.0 <creation date>
If running Solaris, at the <
machine_name
> prompt type:
<machine_name> /usr/bin/prtconf -V
The system will display:
OBP 3.10.X <creation date>
The third character group (X) in OBP is the revision number.
If the installed version is not current, update the OBP before continuing.
D.15.1 Upgrading OBP When Operating in OBP
The latest version of OBP may be obtained from the URL:
http://www.sun.com/microelectronics/SPARCengineUltraAXi/
Note –
The alternative method of upgrading the OBP from the OS is much easier.
See Section D.15.2, “Upgrading OBP When Operating in OS”.
D.15.1.1 Creating the Update Floppy Diskette
Create the floppy diskette as follows using a Solaris workstation:
1. Download Update.to.panther.3.10.x@ok from website.
2. Place a floppy in the floppy drive.
3. From a shell enter: fdformat -U
4. Become super user.
5. From a shell type: /etc/init.d/volmgt stop
6. From a shell type: dd if=<pathname> of=/dev/rdiskette bs=32k
Wait for the DD command to complete before ejecting the floppy.
7. From a shell type: eject fd
8. From a shell type: /etc/init.d/volmgt start