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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