[ale] sparc 10 and RedHat Install

[John Armsby]

I will give it a try.  I thought scsi 0 was boot?

Thanks,

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Hiltbrand <rayh at speakeasy.org>
To: ale at ale.org
To: John Armsby <jaws at mindspring.com>
Cc: ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org>
Date: Sunday, September 03, 2000 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] sparc 10 and RedHat Install


>
>John,
>Sounds like the problem is at the OBP (Open Boot Prom).  I would guess the
>device alias for cdrom has been changed.  At the OK prompt type devalias.
This
>will give you a listing of the devices aliases defined in the OBP.  You can
then
>do show-devs to show the devices.
>
>Also check the scsi IDs on the rest of the devices (probe-scsi-all from
>OBP).  By default target 3 is typically the boot disk.
>
> --Ray
>
>
>On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, John Armsby wrote:
>
>> I successfully installed Redhat 6.2 on a sparc 10.  I would crank up the
>> pizza box and it would boot off the cdrom.  I did not get everything I
>> wanted on the first round so I tried to boot off the cdrom for an
upgrade.
>> From stop A, boot cdrom no longer works.  The pizza box says NO BOOT
>> DEVICE... The CDROM is on scsi 3.  How do I get the CDROM to boot?
Before
>> linux was loaded, I could boot. Is there a command I can invoke from the
>> command prompt to start up the installation program on the CDROM?
>>
>> Email jaws at mindspring.com
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>
>--
>Ray W. Hiltbrand             rayh @ speakeasy.org
>     "Restlessness and discontent are the
>      first necessities of progress." -Edison
>
>
>

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