Subject: Re: Sun 3/50 autoboot parameter
To: None <rmk@rmkhome.com>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@MIT.EDU>
List: port-sun3
Date: 01/27/2001 16:39:03
Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com> writes:

> Does anyone know how to set the autoboot parameter string
> an a Sun 3/50? The eeprom man page doesn't give much of a
> clue.

You want to set the "bootdev" paramater, as described by
eeprom(8), with a command like:

eeprom 'bootdev=sd(0,10,2)'

where the three numbers are the controller (0, on a 3/50), the unit
number (SCSI ID*8, in hex), and the partition number.

        - Nathan