[suse-sparc] openboot, SILO issue

From: John Koenig (jfkoenig_at_vipb.com)
Date: Wed Jun 26 2002 - 04:32:33 CEST

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    Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 19:32:33 -0700
    From: John Koenig <jfkoenig@vipb.com>
    Subject: [suse-sparc] openboot, SILO issue
    

    [pls excuse if this went to the list twice, I am receiving list traffic recently but seem to have missed this one message (mine!)... (maybe because the machine I am having this problem is also my mail server <grin>)

    #####

    Hi,

    I have a nagging problem that I would love to find resolution for...

    In openboot on a Ultra 10, I watch the auto-boot mechanism proceed after the ram check and fail with a message:

    +-----------
    | ok Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi/disk@0,0:c File and args:
    | ok Trap 3e
    | ok
    |
    +--

    I check my openboot variables with printenv after a cold boot and they are:

         boot-command = boot linux
         auto-boot? = true
         boot-device = linux

    And I have a devalias such that

        linux /pci@1f,4000/scsi/disk@0,0:c

    ##

    Why after getting the Trap 3e can I manually type: "boot linux"

    +--
    | ok
    | ok boot linux
    | ok Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi/disk@0,0:c File and args:
    | ok SILO
    |
    | LINUX BOOTS!
    +-----------

     ok boot linux

    and everything works?

    #####

    Can anyone help me not autoboot successfully instead of the
    error string "Trap 3e" ?

    :)

    thx
    J

    PS: So maybe I should just rely on a boot floppy?

    PPS: My patitions look like this:

    /dev/sda4 7690488 4400304 2899524 61% /
    /dev/sda1 47409 4126 40835 10% /boot
    shmfs 65112 0 65112 0% /dev/shm

    and of course since this is a Sun Labelled SCSI disk sda3 is the "whole disk" access point, so to speak. Anybody know the correct semantics to describe that?

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