Patching the Solaris 10 Kernel (06/06)
This applies to both x86-64 and SPARC versions of Soalris 10. The process is the same, just use the correct patch for whatever architecture your on. If you are unsure, check your version by using 'uname -a' from the command line. I will be using Solaris 10 x86-64 for this example.
The first thing need to do is download and install all the patches you can using the Sun Update Manager. After you install all the patches you will notice some failed patches on restart. This is because you need to manually install the kernel patch 118855-36. To do this you must be in single user mode, 'init s'. Enter the root password. If you used Sun Update Manager, then 'cd /var/sadm/spool', other wise download the patch from Sun.com.
'patchadd -n 118855-36.jar' will then add the patch. After the patch has been added simply 'init 6' and continue installing patches.Posted at 11:26PM Mar 24, 2008 by thinkdif in Sun | Comments[0]