Re: [suse-sparc] OpenBoot and SILO

From: Joshua Uziel (uzi@suse.com)
Date: Mon Feb 05 2001 - 12:12:55 PST

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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 12:12:55 -0800
From: Joshua Uziel <uzi@suse.com>
Message-ID: <20010205121255.H22890@gimp.org>
Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] OpenBoot and SILO

* root <mail@tplusplus.de> [010202 05:35]:
> I got Linux up and running on my Ultra 10. Linux is installed on my
> second external SCSI disk (/dev/hdb1). I installed SILO there, too.
> So the boot command in OpenBoot should be
>
> boot /pci@1f,0/pci@1/scsi@1/disk@2,0
>
> When I try this, it says something like "The file just loaded does
> not seem to be an executable".
>
> I've tried adding :a (for first partition), no change there.
>
> When I boot from the installation CD and then select
> boot installed system - /dev/hdb1, it boots just fine.

Are you sure that that's the right target, etc. Use the "probe-scsi"
and "probe-scsi-all" commands to check for sure. Also, use "cd" and
"ls" commands (in prom) to verify that the path is correct. For ease,
you should possibly make a devaliases for the devices.

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