firmware update on Blade 1500

[Anton Shterenlikht]

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 at 1e,600000/ide at d/disk at 0,0  File and args: /boot/flash-update-Su
nBlade1500

>> FreeBSD/sparc64 boot block
   Boot path:   /pci at 1e,600000/ide at d/disk at 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

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