To Modify The Boot Image - Sun Microsystems Sun StorEdge Installation Manual

a. See the release notes for a list of required patches.
b. Go to the URL specified in the instructions on how to download the network
adapter driver in the product notes.
c. Download the README file.
d. Remove any previously installed related patches that are specified in the
README.
e. Download the patch(es) as described in the instructions in the release notes.
f. Use the uncompress (1M) and tar (1M) commands to uncompress and expand
the patch(es) in the tar file, as instructed in the README.
Caution – Do not use the patchadd(1M) command line that is given in the README
to install the patch(es). See "To Modify the Boot Image" on page B-5 to install
relocatable versions of the patch(es).

To Modify the Boot Image

1. Install the driver packages into the boot image.
The following example installs all packages previously downloaded into the
/export_public directory.
Note – Refer to the Recommended Software Installation Sequence in the Sun
StorEdge SBus Dual Fibre Channel Network Adapter Product Notes for the proper order
in which to install the packages. You must follow this order for a successful
installation so the driver will run.
# cd /export_public
# pkgadd -R /new_OS_copy_dir/Boot -
2. Install any needed patches into the boot image.
The following example installs any patch(es) that were previously downloaded into
the /export_public directory. Repeat the patchadd command for all the patches you
need to add.
cd /export_public
#
# patchadd -C /new_OS_copy_dir/Boot -M /export_public patch_ID
package_name
d .
Appendix B Booting From the Network Adapter B-5