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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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