Subject: Re: Re: Sparc boot prom question
To: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org>
From: Matthew Grant <msgrant@ureach.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/12/2001 09:41:11
You are correct!! Thanks you very much.



---- On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Jan Schaumann 
(jschauma@netmeister.org) wrote:

> 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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> 
> 


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