Re: 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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