Subject: Re: Got my Sun3 to boot NetBSD!!!!
To: None <jeremy@broder.com>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 05/29/1997 10:36:27
> Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 22:53:48 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jeremy Cooper <jeremy@broder.com>
>
> On Wed, 28 May 1997, David Brownlee wrote:
>
> > Damn... I knew it had been too long (oops :)
> >
> > FWIW the install notes could be clearer on the this (just checked
> > ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.2/sun3/INSTALL
>
> Actually you're more right than you know. Jeremy had a tough time because
> of this typo:
>
> If the miniroot was installed on partition 'b' of the disk with
> SCSI target ID=0 then the PROM boot command would be:
> >b sd(0,0,1) -s
> With SCSI target ID=2, the the PROM is:
> >b sd(0,10,1) -s
>
> That second example should have read:
> >b sd(0,8,1) -s
>
> -J
It _says_ "SCSI target ID=2" in the example, so it is correct.
Now, perhaps an example using ID=1 would be less confusing.
Oh well...