RE: Partitioning SparcStation
Fraser,
In the help screen, there is a command for resetting the boot prom.
Its something like, setenv defaults or something. Do a help boot, to
find it I think.
Also, your hard disk should be set to scsi id 3. If you have a cdrom,
you need to set it scsi id 6.
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beiad Ian Q. Dalton
> [mailto:idalton@ferret.phonewave.net]On Behalf
> Of ferret@phonewave.net
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 4:10 PM
> To: Fraser Campbell
> Cc: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Partitioning SparcStation
>
>
>
> (I'm pointing you to debian-sparc here..)
>
> On my IPX, there are some options in the PROM environment
> that have to do
> with the boot process. Key in `printenv' at the PROM console
> prompt (ok)
> and go from there. I'm afraid I can't step through my machine
> right now.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Fraser Campbell wrote:
>
> > I have a sun4m machine and Debian installed great on it with one
> > exception. It will not boot correctly (or at least the way
> I'd like it).
> >
> > The first hard drive has partition 3 labelled as type
> "Whole Disk". The
> > hard drive is then partitioned with 500 MB for / and 500 MB
> for /tmp.
> >
> > When I reboot the computer waits at what seems to be a Sun
> boot prompt. I
> > need to manually type in "boot disk1:1" to tell the machine
> to boot from
> > the first partition of the first disk. After doing that I
> proceed to the
> > SILO prompt where the Linux boot procedure that I am familiar with
> > commences.
> >
> > I really need this machine to be remotely rebootable ...
> can it be done?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Fraser
>
>
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