[geeks] Firmware updating

[Andrew Weiss]

Yeah I installed a minimum 32 bit core system then I downloaded it on 
the PC ftp'ed it over... set it up and bam it was done...

I'm installing the 64 bit OS now.

I was only worried that the firmware CD required an SGI'ian support 
contract to get... thank god... :-)
Now to figure out the monitor frequency problem.  It comes and goes... I 
think it's the monitor, though.  I almost got rid of it by setting the 
output-device screen:r1280x1024x67, but this is a cheap screen it turns 
out... most of the time the U2 isn't detecting it quite right.  It 
returned to normal for a little while after I hooked up the 6091 and 
then unhooked it and hooked the KDS back up (power-cycling in between).  
1280x1024x76 doesn't work.

Does the thing normally go into 24 bit mode automatically for a clean 
installed CDE?... or do I have to use ffbconfig.

Andrew

On Friday, May 31, 2002, at 08:18 PM, Peter L. Wargo wrote:

> On Friday, May 31, 2002, at 01:52 PM, Andrew Weiss wrote:
>
>> OK I need to upgrade the firmware on the U2...
>>
>> What is the latest version, where is the firmware jumper on the system 
>> board, and how do I do it with Solaris 8 install 10/01... or do I have 
>> to install Solaris 7?
>>
>
> Go to sunsolve.sun.com, look in the systems handbook for the ultra 2.  
> That gets you the jumpers.  Also, you *should be able* to download the 
> flash update... <checks> Yep, 104169-08 is available for free.  (I did 
> a search in the free patches for "flash ultra 2") Download it, read the 
> instructions.
>
> Sunsolve is your friend, and there is much good free stuff.
>
> -pete
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