From: Ian Donaldson <ian@dsd-tech.co.uk> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:25:43 GMT Message-ID: <20001201.254300@donaldson.home> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Silo
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 11/30/00, 5:07:35 PM, Ian Donaldson <ian@dsd-tech.co.uk> wrote regarding
[suse-sparc] Silo:
> This is probably been answered before, but please bare with me. I have
> just install SuSE on my Sparc5(70Mhz) after finding the corrected boot
> disk and everything is working great except when I boot the machine.
> After I turn on and silo appears I get the message "/silo.conf" not
> found. Using the boot disk I can boot the system fine, I have run yast1 a
> few time to reconfigure silo but each time I get an error message. I
> really need help.
> I have 2 internal hard drives
> sda (id1) with "/boot"(sda1) and "/"(sda2) (2gig)
> sdb (id3) with "/home"(sdb1), "/dad"(sdb2) and "swap"(sdb4)
> sdb has another partition called "whole disk" which is sab3.
> I have silo installed in the boot sector of the "/boot" partition at the
> moment and silo.conf is also there with a link to "/etc/silo.conf"
> As this is my first experience with sun equipment I am really lost to
> know what to try next. I hope I have supplied enough information.
> Regards Ian Donaldson
> Newtownards
> Northern Ireland
> ian@dsd-tech.co.uk
> ian@ards.freeserve.co.uk
I've got it sorted, at the boot prompt I typed "setenv boot-device
disk1:1" rebooted and everything is rosey, well nearly, I just have to
sort out printing over my home network,
Regards Ian Donaldson
Newtownards
Northern Ireland
ian@dsd-tech.co.uk
ian@ards.freeserve.co.uk
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