Subject: Re: Sun 3/80 questions
To: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
From: Bob Beck <beck@obtuse.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 09/12/1997 12:14:34
> > SCSI ID     boot
> > 0     	 sd(0,0,0)
> > 1      	 sd(0,8,0)
> > 2      	 sd(0,10,0)
> > 3      	 sd(0,18,0)
> > 
> > 	(intuituve doncha think? One of those things that endears a 
> > company to you, kinda like New Coke and NIS+ does for me.)
> > 
> 	I actually kinda like this - IIRC its in hex and its just
> 	LUN+(8*ID). Was kinda interesting to see a sun4/330 booting
> 	from 'sd:' though :)
> 
> 		David/abs
> 

	It's fine once you know. and I suppose it still beats the hell
out of out of:

boot  /sbus/dma@0,8000000,sd@0,blah,blah,woof,woof.. 

	Which also makes sense once you know what's going on, but 
I suppose could be somewhat intimidating to the novice ;-)
	
	-Bob