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dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.3 2004/09/23 17:23:19 pefo Exp $
Before you install your system, you should familiarize yourself with the
ARCS setup and how to run programs from the Command monitor prompt.
Accessing the Maintenance Console:
When the system starts up, press the ESC key or use the the mouse
and click the ``stop for maintenance'' button. Once in the System
Maintenance menu, select '5' (or click the appropriate icon if in
graphics console) to go into the Command Monitor.
If the internal disk with the lowest SCSI ID does not contain a
valid Volume Header, but is bootable, the Maintenance Console will
be entered by default.
The first time the Maintenance Console is entered, it may be
necessary to force a reset of the environment to its default
settings by entering the ``resetenv'' command and the chevron
prompt. If some variables have been set explicitly, this may
disturm the normal OpenBSD boot process.
Switching from serial to graphics console and vice versa:
Booting the ramdisk kernel can be done from the ARCS graphic console
although it might be more convenient to use the serial console since
the kernel currently only supports the serial console. Some systems
come with the serial console enabled by default but sometimes
this must be changed.
To change to serial console, go into the ARCS Maintenance Console
and change the ``console'' environment variable, and power-cycle
the machine.
> setenv console d
will select 9600 8N1, no flow control, serial console on the first
serial port (labeled ``(1)''), while
> setenv console g
will select the graphics console.
Setting the environment:
When setting up the system to boot from disk, the ``OSLoader''
environment variable will need to be changed.
Its default value is ``sash'', which is IRIX' standalone
shell and loader. Set it to ``boot'', the OpenBSD boot loader.
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