System won't boot from disk
2007-12-25 11:22:00
It seems that diag-switch? was set wrong, maybe I set it and didn't set
it back (user error) during this major upgrade of mine. Only the
computer knows.
<stop-a>
ok> setenv diag-switch? false
ok> reset
Thanx for the help.
James Hsieh <jhsieh@soemail.ucsd.edu>
Mr T Crummey <tom@sees.bangor.ac.uk>
root@wisdom.maf.nasa.gov (Mark Hargrave)
Bob Woodward <bobw@kramer.filmworks.com
Saeed Mostofizadeh <smosto01@ilab.c4.gmeds.com>
Original:
> I just installed 2 new system boards (50-85mhz) in SS1000E and upgraded
> to 2.5.1.
> I type boot at the OBP prompt and it tries to boot from the net.
>
> Hay, I know how to fix this so I do the following:
>
> <Stop-A>
> ok> printenv
> ...
> boot-device disk net (the culprit)
> ...
> ok> setenv boot-device disk0
> ok> printenv
> ...
> bood-device disk0
> ...
> ok> reset
>
> Still tries to boot from net. We'll maybe disk0 isn't right.
>
> <Stop-A>
> ok> printenv
> ...
> bood-device disk0
> ...
>
> ok> boot disk0
> ...
> SunOS 5.5.1....Everything works fine... mumbo..jumbo..
> ...
>
> Well lets try it again.
> <stop-a>
> ok> boot
> It then tries to boot off of the net again.
>
> I even tried the physical device name.
>
> ok> setenv boot-device
> /io-unit@f,e0200000/sbi@0,0/dma@0,81000/esp@0,80000/sd@0,0
>
> By the way, devalias for disk0 is the above.
> Still doesn't work. Is there something I'm missing??
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