Subject: Re: More Questions on Version 1.3.2 installation
To: Marcel Chukwunenye <moc@mlb.semi.harris.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: port-pmax
Date: 06/24/1998 06:55:22
On Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:27:57 -0700 (PDT)  "Aaron J. Grier" wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Marcel Chukwunenye wrote:
> 
> > 1.  I completed unpacking the sets. I set "rc.configured" to YES; but it 
> >     still drops into single-user mode. What else do I need to set or reset?
> 
> Make sure you're passing the -a flag to netbsd when you're booting.  For a
> 5000:
> 
> setenv boot '3/rz0/netbsd -a'
> 
> I forget how it works for {2,3}100.  ;)

You have the PROM variable "boot" set to something like
'rz(0,X,0)netbsd' where X is the SCSI id, and type "auto"
to go to multi-user mode.

> > 2. Why does it always prompt me for pathname of Shell during boot up?
> >    After I hit RETURN to accept "sh" it drops into single-user mode; but 
> >    continues to multi-user mode after I press "Ctrl-D"
> 
> It will stop doing this if you add the -a flag.

Also, look through the whole of rc.conf - don't just change the
rc_configured variable...

Simon.