Subject: Re: Sparc1 Boot Question
To: Andrew S. Clapp <clapp@peak.org>
From: Gandhi woulda smacked you <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/22/1999 19:33:34
On Fri, 21 May 1999, Andrew S. Clapp wrote:

#  > 	Could you try booting netbsd.GENERIC when it asks
#  > 	boot (press RETURN to try default list):
# 
#  Ah.  I seem to have stumbled upon some bootable configuration here.
#  sd(0,3,0)netbsd which makes me feel very dumb.  Dooh!  Well, it pays
#  to understand what you read about 3 and 0 being swapped. 
# 
#  Next question:  How do I get the "boot-from" in the boot rom to 
#  remember things from one power off to the next?  Is the battery dead
#  or is there a "save this" command?

If your ethernet addr comes up as ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, your battery is
dead.

Otherwise, you should just be able to do

ok setenv boot-from sd(0,3,0)
ok reset

and it should save it


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