Re: Sun floppy boot
Hello,
Phil Brutsche wrote:
>
> You were at the ">" prompt, which is the old-style boot rom for
> compatibility with the Sun 3 and older. When you're hit with that prompt,
> you need to hit "n" and enter to get to the "ok" prompt, which is what
> you're looking for.
>
> At the "ok" prompt, "boot floppy" will work the way you expect.
I have tried that, but the machine says that it boots from /obio../, and
the floppy drive doesn't spin.
BTW, can the actual device be redirected by the prom monitor? The
sequence goes like the following:
ok boot floppy
Boot device: /obio/SUNW/fdtwo
Bad magic number in disk label
Can't open Sun disk label package
Can't open boot device
It seems that the device "floppy" was misdirected to fdtwo (which
doesn't exist and that may explain why the drive doesn't spin). I'm not
so clear why the prom monitor complaining about "package"; there's no
relation between installed Solaris and the prom monitor, right?
>
> If you type "help" at the "ok" prompt you get some online help.
OK.
> > How does the prom monitor see the floppy device? Is it as "floppy",
> > "/dev/fd0"? Or anything else?
>
> The boot ROM knows "floppy" as well as /fd.
Without the "0"? I'll try that.
Oki
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