27 Mar
2000
27 Mar
'00
5:30 p.m.
To boot a sun machine from the CDROM using the "old style" (gives you the >
prompt) it is :
b sd(0,6,2)
If it gives you the "ok" prompt (aka Open Boot Prom) you should be able to
type:
ok boot cdrom
The syntax in the first case is:
dev(logical unit, scsi target, partition)
I don't know why sd(0,18,0) works unless it just does it mod 8 and and
boots target 2. There was a bit of weirdness in that "scsi device 0" was
actually target 3.
To boot from tape by the way you type:
b st(0,0,0)foo
If you're booting SunOS (prior to Solaris 2.x) then the full command is
b sd(0,0,0)vmunix [options]
for Solaris
b sd(0,0,0)kernel/unix [options]
Usually it gets it right if you leave the file name blank.
--Chuck