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.