Message-Id: <200201041852.NAA21778@cabowabo.East.Sun.COM> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 13:52:31 -0500 (EST) From: David Andrew - Sun MDE <David.Andrew@Sun.COM> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Sparc Ultra5 and Suse7.3 Install success-so far
Anthony,
On SPARC and UltraSPARC systems:
Use the setenv command at the ok prompt to change the boot device:
ok> setenv boot-device disk1
Use printenv command to check all the parameter settings:
ok> printenv
Cheers,
David
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>Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Sparc Ultra5 and Suse7.3 Install success-so far
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>Good information. I also installed on an Ultra5 but in my case I had
>completely multilated the box first ;-). I lost the Sun Disk labels on all
>the drives, and SuSE's partition tool didn't create proper labels to make the
>drives bootable. I then proceeded to do the stupid thing of putting boot on
>disk1 instead of disk0 (disk0 is a 100gb WD drive, and disk1 is the original
>8gb Sun HD). I had to download the Debian Sparc CD, boot that up, label the
>drives then install SuSE. I then decided this would be a good time to play
>with LVM and messed that up a few times. But now I have a system that runs
>happily for the most part. Rebooting requires manual intervention because I
>can't figure out how to change the boot device from disk0 (or just disk) to
>disk1.
>
>It is funny you say you have a US kit that came with your Ultra 5, I am in
>the US and had a UK kit that came with mine, had to ship that back and get a
>replacement kit. In my case, the system came with the wrong power cord and I
>didn't have any laying around to steal for the Sun at the time. But without
>the keyboard it was pretty worthless anyway.
>
>Oh well, I can say that I am a happy owner of a Sparc running SuSE 7.3 now.
>Makes a great server. If only memory for it didn't cost an arm and a leg.
>
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