Re: 600ua questions
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 12:43:29AM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote:
> >>>>> On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:17:19 -0500
> >>>>> "JE" == Jay Estabrook <Jay.Estabrook@compaq.com> wrote:
> JE>
> >> 7. Point me at how do I make my alpha booting automaticly. Now I need
> >> to type "boot" in SRM and "0" in aboot prompt.
> JE>
> JE> Do:
> JE>
> >>>> set AUTO_ACTION BOOT
> JE>
> JE> and set the boot_* parameters appropriately; example:
> JE>
> >>>> set boot_def_dev dka0
> >>>> set boot_file "2/boot/vmlinux.gz"
> >>>> set boot_osflags "root=/dev/sda2 single"
>
> I want to ask more before doing so.
>
> 1. Will I be able to turn auto_action back into default state without
> using /proc/srm_varables/?
Well, if you don't want it to auto-boot, you have to bang on ^C during
the time it is preparing to boot in hopes of interrupting it.
As for the proc/srm envvar stuff, I've never used it.
> 2. these instructions will make aboot to boot the kernel or this is
> some kind of direct boot from srm?
AUTO_ACTION tells SRM what to do, in this case, boot. It ALWAYS boots
a primary bootstrap program, which, for Linux, is aboot.
The other variables are what get passed to or are accessed by the
primary or secondary bootstrap program, in this case, aboot.
> 3. is there any way to make just aboot booting a specified kernel
> automatically?
aboot is ALWAYS involved in booting Linux from SRM console.
--Jay++
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