On 8/16/07, DataZap <az@datazap.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There was a lightning storm a few weeks ago and my xserve went down. I
> was not able to get it to do anything until yesterday. After taking the
> lid off, and pushing some buttons I was able to get it to at least show
> the apple can't boot screen. It still didn't seem to do what it was
> supposed to, so I held down the option-apple-O-R (I think?). I could then
> get to the open firmware with option-apple-O-F.
>
> I then put into the openfirmware:
> setenv boot-device hd2:,\ofwboot.xcf
> setenv boot-file hd:0,/netbsd
> setenv boot-command boot
> setenv auto-boot? false
> reset-all
>
> When it came back up, I typed boot and it booted NetBSD, so I did a
> shutdown and when the open firmware came up I set auto-boot? to true and
> then reset-all, but it wouldn't boot. So, I cycled the power and held down
> option-apple-O-F, then typed boot and it booted. So, I thought maybe the
> hard drive was not spun up when it tried to boot. Then tried shutdown -r
> now, but once again the screen went black. I have googled and look through
> the archives of this list, but I can't seem to find a solution. Any ideas?

All I can relate to is the booting weirdness, but I don't have NetBSD
booting yet (I can't find the proper command syntax in the firmware as
you seem to have).

I had some problems booting OSX, and if I hit a little reset button on
the motherboard, it would boot. I think this hardware has some
funkiness that isn't present in PCs.

Andy