Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

[Everard Brown <debian-mailing-list@perpetua.ltd.uk>]

All,

Thanks for the help. It's looking good now ;-)

I have more questions, but I'll start a new thread once I figure out what I 
need.

My main one being, how to upgrade/install the existing packages?

e.g. 2.4 kernel

Everard

On Monday 26 Apr 2004 7:47 am, Andrew Egan (Home) wrote:
> As a quick idea:
>
> ok printenv
> Parameter name        Value        Default
> /* cut */
> auto-boot?                true            false
>  boot-device               disk3:a    disk net
> ok
>
> The boot device is id3, first partition.
> The system default for autoboot was to check disk first (disk is an alias
> for a scsi id) and if that didnt work, boot from the network.
>
> ok setenv boot-device disk
> boot-device =             disk
> ok
>
> another printenv will show the boot device has been changed.
> Check the OBP manual.. it provides plenty more detail on this !
>
> hope this helps
>
> Andy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <alex@moocows.org>
> To: "Everard Brown" <debian-mailing-list@perpetua.ltd.uk>
> Cc: <debian-sparc@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem
>
> > Hi
> >
> > > Just have to figure out how to boot from disk by default i.e. turn
> > > "boot net",
> > > as a default, off.
> >
> > you can do that in openboot (STOP-A), type help to get a list of
> > commands.
>
> from
>
> > there you can change the defaults using set <something>
> >
> > best regards,
> > Alex Bartok
> >
> >
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