On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Johan A.van Zanten wrote:

>
> "Bruce O'Neel" <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks to all that replied.  An ultra II/200x2 is on it's way from
>> some folks in Germany and when I'm in the US next month I'll pick
>> up the 2 cheap 300mhz Utrasparc II cpus.
>
> Check the machine's firmware when you get it -- the US-II CPUs may need a
> later revision than the US-Is.  Luckily the Ultra 2 has a Flash PROM, and
> i think you should be able to download the latest rev. from
> sunsolve.sun.com (though you will need to be running Solaris to run the
> updater).

Or live on the wild side and netboot the flash update ...

-- 
Sten Spans

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