Subject: Re: Sparc boot prom question
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: None <pjr@msd.phy.umassd.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/12/2001 10:12:13
Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org> wrote:
> Matthew Grant <msgrant@ureach.com> wrote:
> > 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.
Yup, your memory serves. I have a NetBSD/Classic with an almost identical setup, it's not an Apple disk but there's two disks in it and it will autoboot from either one.
pjr