flash updating

eridu · n00b Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 15

sorry if this is a little off topic for a linux forum but i know when it comes to hardware a lot of people have to use the flash update to get stuff working so someone here is bound to know.

i am trying to update my Ultra 10 (like you couldn't have guessed) and am running into a problem. i seem to be booting from the correct device (defined as mydev using nvalias) and i've gotten hold of the flash update and done as it says (copying lastest into / and chmod'ing it). but when i run

boot mydev /flash-update-Ultra510-latest

it loads the sparc kernel (i presume) and exits with

'Fatal Error: Multiple loadable segments in you ELF image'

what does this mean? i'm not sure if it doesn't like the flash-update file or whether its complaining about a partitioned disk

cheers

steve

Weeve · Retired Dev Joined: 30 Oct 2002 Posts: 641

I haven't tried loading it off of the disk, but if you netboot the flash update image, you can upgrade it that way (IIRC, the flash update docs talks about it a little)

Emphii · n00b Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 46

Also, if you have second disk, where you can temporarily install solaris, you can deal with the
instructions, you have. You can download Solaris 9 and 10 from Sun's site:

http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/get_sparc_dl.html

You have to register before access to download site.

Easier will be, if you find the disks near you.
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eridu · n00b Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 15

thx to all those that contributed. so, what it turned out to be was the flash update getting arsey about linux being installed. appatenly its to do with silo (the details alude me). when i installed solaris the update went perfectly.

thx again

steve