I don't think I ever sent out a summary...
Here was my initial query:
I have a Sparcstation with 2 207 Mbyte disks.
On the second disk, I want to have / and swap.
On the first disk, I have a smaller /, swap and usr (I always want to use the same /usr).
I recall older suns let me boot off other devices via >b sd(0,1,0)
However, these ROMS don't like that...
I tried all types of combinations...and it has to be exactly right...
I have rom rev 2.2...
When I try >b /sbus/esp/sd@1,0
it tells me: the file just loaded and returns with the boot prompt...
Is it a problem to break of / and /usr between disks?
Thanks to:
Adam Shostack adam@bwnmr4.harvard.edu
Adrian Booth abcc@DIALix.oz.au
Jeff Nieusma nieusma@atlantis.stortek.com
Matt Goheen
Dave_G._Kruse.sd@xerox.co
Robert Brown robert@verdix.com
Geert Jan de Groot <geertj@ica.philips.nl>
abcomp!yves@relay.eu.net (Yves Hardy
Rick Pluta pluta@cgc9.eda.mke.ab.com
reardon@sws.sinet.slb.com (Bob Reardon Maildrop 3F - x4794)
John Vogtle John_Vogtle:wbst147
bmskc!moe!paul@uunet.uu.net (Paul Evan Matz)
matthew@cs.adelaide.edu.au (Matthew Donaldson)
Steven Lee steve@seattle.avcom.com
katzung@lisle.swissbank.com (Brian Katzung)
Peter Samuel <peters@megadata.mega.oz.au>
polaris1!support!lv@uunet.uu.net (Luis Vallejo)
Some different opinions, sun roms generally have changed with time.
The major things I found out:
Do a >boot diskn to boot over disk n...
There is a magic program installboot (in /usr/kvm/mdec/installboot)
The -v option (supposedly) just prints out what it will do
Of course, source would be very nice... ;-)
Let me know if you want a complete summary...it's long.
marty
leisner@eso.mc.xerox.com leisner.henr801c@xerox.com
Member of the League for Programming Freedom
"People cannot be managed. Inventories can be managed, but people must be led" -- H. Ross Perot
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