On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Malcolm Herbert wrote:

> I burnt the 1.6.2 install CD and fired the O2 up to the PROM and used
> the notes to try and alter the PROM environment to boot from the CD
> (as given in ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.2/sgimips/INSTALL.html)
>
> unfortunately, this doesn't appear to work ... is there something I've
> missed?  Session log to this point is as follows:

  Yes, you missed something.

>
> |                   System: IP32
> |                Processor: 175 Mhz R10000, with FPU
> |     Primary I-cache size: 32 Kbytes
> |     Primary D-cache size: 32 Kbytes
> |     Secondary cache size: 1024 Kbytes
> |              Memory size: 128 Mbytes
> |                 Graphics: CRM, Rev C
> |                    Audio: A3 version 1
> |                SCSI Disk: scsi(0)disk(2)
> |               SCSI CDROM: scsi(0)cdrom(4)
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> |> setenv systempartition scsi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(8)
> |> setenv osloadpartition scsi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(0)
> |> setenv osloadfilename netbsd
> |> setenv osloadoptions auto
> |> setenv osloader boot
> |>
> |> boot
> |Unable to load scsi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(8)/boot: no such file or directory
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  You are trying to boot off the SCSI disk, which I would presume does not
have the NetBSD boot file installed on it.

  From the installation instructions:

   To install from a NetBSD/sgimips CD-ROM, follow the procedure above for setting the
   PROM environment for SystemPartition, OSLoadPartition, OSLoader and OSLoadFilename.
   The SCSI and DISK values used should be for your attached CD-ROM drive, where X is
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   the SCSI-ID of the CD-ROM.
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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Michael L. Hitch			mhitch@montana.edu
Computer Consultant
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Montana State University	Bozeman, MT	USA