Re: SS20 boot problem

[Eric Brower <ebrower@usa.net>]

It is possible that your disk is external or is not in the primary SCSI 
disk slot.  Stop-A, as you have been doing.  Type 'probe-scsi-all' to 
see where you disk is located.  Type 'devalias' and find the matching 
alias (i.e. "disk1").  Set a new default boot device with "setenv 
boot-device <the-devalias-you-found>".  Then "reset" and all should be 
well with the world; well, depending upon where you installed SILO....

If you are worried that other OBP settings may be incorrect, you can 
hold down Stop-N during the boot process to reset your NVRAM parameters 
to defaults.

E

kurt@verruckt.org wrote:
>  
> I don’t have that option. Autoboot is set to true, and it tries to boot to
> net by default. Of course I can stop + A. If I remember correctly, I need to
> specify to boot to the hard drive. I know how to boot to the hard drive, but
> not set it as default. Also, my device path to the hard drive seems to be
> incorrect.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: andrew burd [mailto:synapse@synapsestudioproductions.com] 
> Subject: Re: SS20 boot problem
>
> actually when the OBP boot: prompt comes up just hit enter
>
> when you try "boot disk" you have to provide the device and the boot image
> (iirc)
>
> I have an SS10, SS20, and Ultra 5 all running debian.  I never provide
> parameters to the OBP prompt unless I want to boot from the CDROM or floppy
>
>
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