On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 02:29:04PM -0800, Bruce Lane wrote:
> Fellow SPARC'ers,
> 
> 	I have a nice Ultra-1 here that I'd like to load either NetBSD or Solaris on. Unfortunately, it appears to have down-rev firmware that does not support 64-bit operation.
> 
> 	I have attempted (and failed) to use the Solaris FLASH update CD. For whatever reason, I cannot boot from it as the instructions say to do.
> 
> 	Is there another way? I need to bring the firmware to 3.11.1 at least.

I've been able to netboot it. Just load it in place of the Solaris kernel.

Also make sure the jumper is in the proper position. Ultra-1 were shipped
with flah update disabled.


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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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