Re: reboot: PROM prompt loops
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Andreas Jaehnigen wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> if I reboot my Sun SLC here with
> reboot -f
> it starts rebooting. Then the PROM prompt is displayed in an endless loop:
>
> type b (boot), c (continue) or n (new command mode)
> type b (boot), c (continue) or n (new command mode)
> type b (boot), c (continue) or n (new command mode)
> type b (boot), c (continue) or n (new command mode)
> ...
>
> The machine is booted via TFTP and gets all its partitions over NFS.
>
> Any clues..??
Had the same problem with my diskless SLC. Easy fix. At the 'ok'
prompt type:
setenv sunmon-compat? false
Apparently the problem is an interaction between the compatibility mode (old)
and linux. If you have it in 'new command mode' all the time, you won't
have this problem.
--Kurt
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