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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