- mention that you have to increase 'bootdelay' in some cases, as the

sata chip is slow to initialize. and otherwise openbsd won't find a root

discussed with kettenis@

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/distrib/notes/socppc/prep b/distrib/notes/socppc/prep
index 6031773daef..bfaedf98a39 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/socppc/prep
+++ b/distrib/notes/socppc/prep
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl	$OpenBSD: prep,v 1.6 2009/02/16 13:53:09 jasper Exp $
+dnl	$OpenBSD: prep,v 1.7 2009/02/17 08:26:58 jasper Exp $
 To be able to boot the OpenBSD/MACHINE installation program, you will
 need to learn a bit about Das U-Boot, the low-level process that controls
 the microprocessor after hardware initialization.
@@ -136,3 +136,12 @@ for example:
 
 The bootloader is command driven with timeout like many other OpenBSD
 architectures.
+
+It may be needed to increase the 'bootdelay' variable in order to give
+the SATA-chip a chance to initialize. Having a too short delay could cause
+OpenBSD/socppc to not find it's root device (and thus kernel image).
+In some cases as much as ten seconds are needed for the delay, although
+five seconds will do in most cases:
+
+    => setenv bootdelay 5
+    => saveenv