Subject: Re: Autobooting 5000/200
To: Mauricio Tavares <Mauricio@proedint.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: port-pmax
Date: 08/14/1999 01:12:21
Mauricio Tavares wrote:

> At 12:24 AM 8/14/99 +1000, you wrote:
> >Mauricio Tavares wrote:
> >
> >> 	How to configure the prom to autoboot my 5000/200 when I turn it on?  I
> >> thought that if I told it that 
> >> 
> >> 	boot=5/rz0/netbsd -a 
> >
> >Almost!  Try:
> >
> >	>> setenv boot '5/rz0/netbsd -a'
> >	>> boot
> >
> 	Simon.
> 
> 	That is what I did originally.  But, every time I reboot the machine, I
> must say "boot" instead of having it runt he selftest and then boot
> automagically =(

Umm, thinko on my part.  I read "multiuser" instead of "autoboot".  You
want to set the "haltaction" prom variable.  It's tucked away in the
pmax FAQ:

	>> setenv haltaction "b"

Simon.