[ale] sparc 10 and RedHat Install

Ray Hiltbrand rayh at speakeasy.org
Mon Sep 4 11:08:23 EDT 2000



Acutally it can really be anything you want.  If I remember correctly up until
the Sun ULTRA machines the "default" boot device was target 3.  After that SUN 
switched the default boot device to target 0.  

	--Ray

On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, John Armsby wrote:

> I will give it a try.  I thought scsi 0 was boot?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray Hiltbrand <rayh at speakeasy.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
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 

--
Ray W. Hiltbrand             rayh @ speakeasy.org 
     "Restlessness and discontent are the
      first necessities of progress." -Edison



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