Re: [suse-sparc] openboot, SILO issue

From: Matthias Schulz (schulz_at_sms-softwaretechnik.de)
Date: Wed Jun 26 2002 - 07:45:55 CEST

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    From: Matthias Schulz <schulz@sms-softwaretechnik.de>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 07:45:55 +0200
Message-Id: <02062607455512.25810@frontend>
Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] openboot, SILO issue

    Hi,

    check-out this link :

    http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=de&lr=&selm=3ae4fa97%240%2442872%244c5ecdc7%40news.erinet.com&rnum=3

    Cheers,
    Matthias

    Am Mittwoch 26 Juni 2002 04:32 schrieben Sie:
    > [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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