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| author | Matthieu Herrb <matthieu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-10-13 15:33:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthieu Herrb <matthieu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-10-13 15:33:21 +0000 |
| commit | 261a1fde5f755bca57b6115a665f76ad6448d1a1 (patch) | |
| tree | 4b3d68bdf759a135fa0daa93cc57a933c3f7b1bf /distrib | |
| parent | 7cf93c0ce688f616b51413544c411f12f636d1f9 (diff) | |
document strange PROM setup on machines before fist Solaris boot.
Ok miod@, deraadt@
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| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/sparc64/prep | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc64/prep b/distrib/notes/sparc64/prep index 9aa07219d60..2d186475292 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/prep +++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/prep @@ -41,4 +41,12 @@ understand the extended disklabels with 16 partitions. You can use Solaris bootblocks, but remember that OpenBSD bootblocks must be installed with OpenBSD installboot and Solaris bootblocks with Solaris installboot. +Most of new Ultras shipped by Sun with a preinstalled Solaris have an +initial strange setup of the boot ROM, in order to start up Solaris +WebStart at the first boot: boot-device is set to disk:f. Make sure +you reset the boot device to its default value: + ok set-default boot-device + +will work for most systems. This can be adapted if you've multiple +systems installed and know what you're doing. |