Re: SRM (was: How to install MILO on hard disc?)
>From the SRM console, type:
set AUTO_ACTION boot
and it will auto boot..every time!
--rdp
On 27 Mar 2000, Roland Rosenfeld wrote:
> David Frey <david@eos.lugs.ch> wrote:
>
> > If I were you, I'd install aboot and boot from SRM.
> > A necessary precondition for this are BSD-disklabelled drives, though.
>
> Thanks for this hint. After repartitioning (I just get rid off the
> BSD-disklabel some days ago, because this seems not to be intuitive
> (why is partition c always the whole disk?)) and creating a new kernel
> (CONFIG_ALPHA_SRM needs to be "yes" now, while it is switched off in
> the kernel-image-2.2.14-avanti kernel).
>
> Now everything works and the machine boots with a simple "b" "Enter"
> keypress. Is there any chance to automatically boot (without any
> keypress) the machine after a certain timeout? Maybe by setting some
> special SRM variable?
>
> Tschoeeee
>
> Roland
>
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