Subject: Re: Problems booting: no file system for sd0
To: Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd@twofifty.com>
From: Erik E. Fair <fair@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/09/2004 17:33:57
Oh, you want to *change* your boot path. It's simple:

1. boot the system up to the "ok" PROM prompt. If the system attempts
to automatically boot NetBSD (or anything else), stop it.

If you are using a Sun keyboard/mouse/screen for console, use the
keyboard combination STOP-A or L1-A (the STOP key is in the two
column row on the left side of the keyboard; on older keyboards it
is marked "L1").

If you are using a serial console, send a BREAK.

2. from the "ok" prompt, some useful commands:

	printenv	- print the settings of the PROM's variables
	setenv		- set a PROM variable to some value
	devalias	- print a list of "device aliases"; these are
				short names for standard devices.

You should "printenv" to see the current settings, and then change
the "boot-device" variable to whatever boot path you like better
than what is already there. Note that you can use one of the device
aliases shown by the "devalias" command, e.g.

	setenv	boot-device	disk3

This sets the variable into non-volatile RAM immediately. No extra
commit required. It takes effect immediately, no system reset required.

After you've set the variable to the desired value, you can issue
the "boot" command, and the system will boot, with the new value
of the "boot-device" variable.

I thought this was covered in our installation instructions?

	Erik <fair@netbsd.org>