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| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/sparc/prep | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/sparc64/prep | 13 |
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diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/prep b/distrib/notes/sparc/prep index a94fdb3287a..d2536a82786 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/sparc/prep +++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/prep @@ -66,6 +66,17 @@ Make sure that the ROM security modes are disabled: ok setenv security-mode none +To disable automatic boot use the following command: + + ok setenv auto-boot? false + +and then to enable it later use: + + ok setenv auto-boot? true + +or on an installed system use the eeprom(8) commmand: + + # eeprom 'auto-boot?=true' Please note that while OpenBSD and SunOS have a reasonable degree of compatibility between disk labels and filesystems, there are some problems diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc64/prep b/distrib/notes/sparc64/prep index eeb1d0bf36e..9d076bb4048 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/prep +++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/prep @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.16 2004/03/17 09:25:10 jmc Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.17 2005/03/18 19:37:07 mickey Exp $ If your UltraSPARC machine is somewhat old, it might need a firmware update before it can be used under OpenBSD. You are advised to try to install OpenBSD first; if it can't boot or fails mysteriously, you might need to @@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ disk:f. Make sure you reset the boot device to its default value: will work for most systems. This can be adapted if you've multiple systems installed and know what you're doing. +To disable automatic boot use the following command: + + ok setenv auto-boot? false + +and then to enable it later use: + + ok setenv auto-boot? true + +or on an installed system use the eeprom(8) commmand: + + # eeprom 'auto-boot?=true' Updating your firmware: ----------------------- |