Rudi Bierach (Rudnuts) wrote:
> 
> yeah, this didn't work for my 5000/20...
> I wish a had a manual... but I bought it as ex stock from my uni...

On my 5000/133 which used to be a DECstation, but now has no
video card and a VT420 as a console, the boot monitor
variables that are set are:

	boot=3/rz0/netbsd -a
	testaction=q
	console=s
	haltaction=h
	more=24
	#=3
	osconsole=3

This system boots automatically from power on. I can remember
having some trouble getting it to do so, but can't really
remember which variable was the important one.

Cheers

Chris

> 
> ----------
> From:   Reini (Reinhold Huber)[SMTP:Reinhold.Huber@Fachschaften.TU-Muenchen.DE (Reinhold Huber)]
> Sent:   Friday, 17 October 1997 19:15
> To:     Rudi Robert Bierach
> Cc:     Reini (Reinhold Huber)
> Subject:        Re: Anyway to autoboot?
> 
> On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Rudi Robert Bierach wrote:
> 
> > Is there a way to get the decstation to boot automatically on power up?
> > Is it some env that has to be set?
> I don't know about the 5000s, but about the 3100 and 2100.
> There is an environment variable which determines bootmode, see page
> C-17 in the second part 'Operator's guide' of DECstation 2100/3100
> Hardware Installation / Operator's Guide handbook:
> 
> bootpath Nonvolatile (something of the form rz(0,X,0)<kernelname>, with X
>                      SCSI ID of your boot disk
> bootmode Nonvolatile ('*': bootconsole,
>                       'a': autoboot, like typing 'auto' on console prompt)
> Try
> setenv bootmode a
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Greetings,
> Reinhold Huber

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