Subject: Re: Sparc boot prom question
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/12/2001 09:27:59
Matthew Grant <msgrant@ureach.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I was wondering how I could fix this little detail that's been
> on my mind.
>
> I have a Sparc Classic with a Apple scsi disk in it. The disk
> has no jumpers so its id#0 fine with me.boots netbsd and
> works great. The sparcs bootprom defaults to disk3 but my boot
> disk is disk0. I would like to set it up to autoboot to disk0.
At the PROM prompt, try "help" or "?". If memory serves me correctly,
you can set the default boot-device using something like "setenv
boot-device disk0:a". Try "printenv" first to see what's going on.
HTH,
-Jan
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