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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 |