Subject: Re: More Questions on Version 1.3.2 installation
To: Marcel Chukwunenye <moc@mlb.semi.harris.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: port-pmax
Date: 06/24/1998 06:55:22
On Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:27:57 -0700 (PDT) "Aaron J. Grier" wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Marcel Chukwunenye wrote:
>
> > 1. I completed unpacking the sets. I set "rc.configured" to YES; but it
> > still drops into single-user mode. What else do I need to set or reset?
>
> Make sure you're passing the -a flag to netbsd when you're booting. For a
> 5000:
>
> setenv boot '3/rz0/netbsd -a'
>
> I forget how it works for {2,3}100. ;)
You have the PROM variable "boot" set to something like
'rz(0,X,0)netbsd' where X is the SCSI id, and type "auto"
to go to multi-user mode.
> > 2. Why does it always prompt me for pathname of Shell during boot up?
> > After I hit RETURN to accept "sh" it drops into single-user mode; but
> > continues to multi-user mode after I press "Ctrl-D"
>
> It will stop doing this if you add the -a flag.
Also, look through the whole of rc.conf - don't just change the
rc_configured variable...
Simon.