On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 01:33:34PM -0000, Michael Sodos wrote:
> I have a sparcstation 5 with a cd reader and 2-2 gig hard drives.
> Memory  is maxed out. I created an iso of netbsd 2 and popped it in to
> cd reader and it booted up and I installed netbsd or so I thought.
> Took out cd and
> rebooted the machine and lo and behold it just spins the hard drive
> and that is all that happens. Can someone tell me what I forgot to do
> to make this puppy boot netbsd. I do not have a floppy drive so I
> cannot make a boot floppy, and I do not want to always have a cd
> loaded.
> 
> tia!
> 
> mike sodos 
> 
> 

What boot-device is openboot set up to boot from?

Press the break button or send a break command from your terminal emulator (if you're using serial console).
When in openboot; type printenv and look for options regarding the boot.

Best Regards
Alexander Rigbo