[Suns-at-Home] Patching a Solaris 9/SPARC system

[David Barnes]

I would just download the latest recommended patch cluster  
(9_Recommended.zip) from sunsolve, but you will need a paid contract  
to get at those now... :(


David Barnes

davebarnes AT roadrunner DOT com
OpenVMS  , Tru64 , Solaris , Linux , OS X , SGI Irix



On Dec 15, 2007, at 12:35 AM, Phillip Tong wrote:

> Okay - so I haven't been religiously patching my Ultra 2 (running  
> Solaris 9). But short of buying a support contract from Sun (and  
> therefore being able to download so much as a patch cluster!),  
> what's the easiest way people suggest patching a Solaris/SPARC box  
> these days - in particular, one that hasn't been patched in a while?
>
> There's the Sun Update Connector (or similar-sounding name) but I'm  
> not even sure how to go about using that if that's the way to do it  
> (yes I already have a SunOnline login from way back and it still  
> works... but it doesn't have a SunSolve contract associated with it).
>
> I'd upgrade this Ultra 2 to Solaris 10... if the CPUs were  
> supported (2x200MHz UltraSPARC). (On this front - can anybody  
> confirm that Solaris 10 will/won't work on this setup?)
>
> Ideas? Or should I just amble along and download the odd patch or  
> two as I need to? (Heavens above should I rebuild a Sun box... how  
> I patch that box would be beyond me right now without a patch  
> cluster).
>
> --Phil.
>
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