Subject: port-shark/36734: Make sysinst setup OF for hard disk boot automatically
To: None <port-shark-maintainer@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <jmmv@NetBSD.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/05/2007 14:05:01
>Number: 36734
>Category: port-shark
>Synopsis: Make sysinst setup OF for hard disk boot automatically
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: port-shark-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Aug 05 14:05:01 +0000 2007
>Originator: Julio M. Merino Vidal
>Release: NetBSD 4.99.26
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD sphinx 4.99.26 NetBSD 4.99.26 (SPHINX) #25: Sun Aug 5 15:14:13 CEST 2007 jmmv@calypso.home.network:/Volumes/NetBSD/obj.shark/Volumes/NetBSD/src/sys/arch/shark/compile/SPHINX shark
Architecture: arm
Machine: shark
>Description:
sysinst currently tells the user to manually run a command under
the OpenFirmware shell to properly set up unattended hard disk
booting. This command asks him to change the 'boot-device'
variable.
Ideally sysinst could set 'boot-device' on its own to get things
working automatically. It should also set 'boot-command' and,
maybe (but probably not) 'auto-boot?'.
>How-To-Repeat:
Not applicable.
>Fix:
Haven't had the time to do this. I'm filing this as a to-do
remainder so that the idea is not lost.
>Unformatted: