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(I sent this before I realised I hadn't completed the majordomo
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hi, I'm wanting to have a look at NetBSD on some unused O2s we have
around the place for the sheer novelty of it, however I'm having a hard
time trying to get it to boot.

I burnt the 1.6.2 install CD and fired the O2 up to the PROM and used=20
the notes to try and alter the PROM environment to boot from the CD (as=20
given in ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.2/sgimips/INSTALL.html)

unfortunately, this doesn't appear to work ... is there something I've
missed? The session log to this point is as follows:

|Cannot connect to keyboard -- check the cable.
|Cannot open keyboard() for input
|Cannot connect to keyboard -- check the cable.
|Cannot open keyboard() for input
|
|
|
|                         Running power-on diagnostics...
|
|
|
|System Maintenance Menu
|
|1) Start System
|2) Install System Software
|3) Run Diagnostics
|4) Recover System
|5) Enter Command Monitor
|
|Option? 5
|Command Monitor.  Type "exit" to return to the menu.
|> printenv
|AutoLoad=3DYes
|console=3Dg
|diskless=3D0
|dbaud=3D9600
|volume=3D80
|sgilogo=3Dy
|monitor=3Dh
|TimeZone=3DPST8PDT
|netaddr=3D192.0.2.1
|crt_option=3D1
|cpufreq=3D174
|eaddr=3D08:00:69:0c:43:c7
|SystemPartition=3Dpci(0)scsi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(8)
|OSLoadPartition=3Dpci(0)scsi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(0)
|OSLoadFilename=3D/unix
|OSLoader=3Dsash
|NoAutoLoad=3DCONSOLE OPEN FAILED.
|ConsoleOut=3Dserial(0)
|ConsoleIn=3Dserial(0)
|videostatus=3Dillegal_env_var
|> hinv -v
|                   System: IP32
|                Processor: 175 Mhz R10000, with FPU
|     Primary I-cache size: 32 Kbytes
|     Primary D-cache size: 32 Kbytes
|     Secondary cache size: 1024 Kbytes
|              Memory size: 128 Mbytes
|                 Graphics: CRM, Rev C
|                    Audio: A3 version 1
|                SCSI Disk: scsi(0)disk(2)
|               SCSI CDROM: scsi(0)cdrom(4)
|> setenv systempartition scsi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(8)
|> setenv osloadpartition scsi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(0)
|> setenv osloadfilename netbsd
|> setenv osloadoptions auto
|> setenv osloader boot
|>
|> boot
|Unable to load scsi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(8)/boot: no such file or di=
rectory
|>

any help would be great, thanks

--=20
Malcolm Herbert                                This brain intentionally
mjch@mjch.net                                                left blank

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