From: Markus Waldorf (waldorfm@rferl.org)
Date: Tue Jan 27 2004 - 10:36:42 EST
Thanks to everyone who responded. I received some usefull tips and
findings, but I'm still not able to create a bootable CD that I can use
to update the firmware. Below some replies I received:
Iain Barker, pointing me to:
http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/best_practices/BP_CONSFWCD/TITLE.HTM
This "Best Practice" document explains how to build a consolidated
firmware CD under Tru64 5.1. Apparently such a question was already
answered in the archives, but my search did not return the summary.
Problems with the instructions:
"mkisofs -a" under Tru64, at least under 5.1A and up is invalid. I
copied the CD image to my desktop computer in order to burn the CD but
it was not bootable. The problem was that I renamed the consFWos.cdfs
CD image to .iso in order for it to be recognized by my burning
software.
John Lanier found out:
"Run the "mkisofs" syntax per the "Best Practice" procedure and name
the resulting file "consFWos.iso", versus "consFWos.cdfs"; it must mean
something, since the sums were different afterwards."
Conclusion:
I was finally able to create a bootable CD by using mkisofs without the
-a parameter, and naming the image .iso. However, booting the CD drops
into the Tru64 installation menu. I can open a shell window, but I
could not figure out how to actually update the firmware. None of the
.exe files in the machine directories were executable. The problem
could be that I did not change any permissions prior to creating the CD
image, and beside it was not mentioned anywhere in the instructions,
I'm afraid the scope of the CD is not to update the firmware without
installing the system. Maybe I'm wrong, but this was not what I was
looking for.
Some informations on the web show instructions for OpenVMS, e.g.
"writeboot" utility, or "mkbootfirm" for Tru64. I played around with
mkbootfirm, trying to apply it to a disk device rather than floppy, but
no success.
Well, I guess I have to deal with floppy disks to update the firmware.
I can order the CD from the US, but when it arrives it would be too
late and I probably won't need it anymore. Or I can get the previous
6.5 version of the firmware CD from local HP here. I wish it would be
possible to download an .iso image of the most recent firmware CD from
somewhere.
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Hi,
I need to upgrade the firmware of several servers with version 6.6.
Unfortunately ftp.digital.com does not provide ISO images for all types
of servers. Our local HP here does not have the latest firmware CD
available, and I don't have enough time left to order the CD from HP in
the US. I have version 6.4 of the firmware CD and was wondering if I
could use it to create 6.6. If I burn a CD from a 6.4 iso image it
works fine, but if I replace its files with version 6.6 the CD won't
boot, boostrap error. Has somebody done this before and could please
share the knowledge?
Thanks and best regards,
Markus
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