46 Sun Fire X4150 Server Product Notes • February 2010
After installing the OS, the system will not boot into Solaris normally until the
required patches are applied. To be able to install the patches, you need to boot the
system into 32-bit mode instead of the normal 64-bit mode.
▼ Booting Into 32-bit mode and Applying the Patches
1. After installing the Solaris OS, let the system reset normally, remove the
Solaris CD/DVD (if inserted), and wait for the system to present the GRUB
menu.
2. At the GRUB menu, before the menu times out and automatically attempts to
boot the newly installed operating system, use the arrow keys to highlight the
Solaris 10 8/07 s10x_u4wos_12b X86 entry and press e to edit this boot
command.
A second menu with two choices appears.
3. Highlight the line containing kernel /platform/i86pc/multiboot and
press e again to edit the entry.
You will now be able to edit the boot command.
4. Add kernel/unix to the end of the line so it looks like this:
grub edit> kernel /platform/i86pc/multiboot kernel/unix
5. Press Return, highlight the command that you just edited, and then press b to
boot into Solaris 32-bit mode.
6. After Solaris finishes booting, log in and download the latest 125370 and 127112
patches to the system from http://sunsolve.sun.com/.
7. Now since the kernel patch should be installed in single user mode halt the
system and perform the same steps as above to edit the GRUB boot command
but this time edit the line so that it looks like this:
grub edit> kernel /platform/i86pc/multiboot kernel/unix -s
This will boot the system into 32-bit single user mode.
The system will prompt for the root password, and then give you a shell prompt.
8. At the prompt, run the following commands to add the patches, in this order, as
there are dependencies.
a. patchadd 125370-xx
b. patchadd 127112-xx
Where xx is the latest version of each patch.
9. When the patches are finished installing, reboot the server.
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