Eric Delaunay wrote: > > Jeffrey Ebert wrote: > > Thanks for the bootdisks, Eric. > > > > I was able to boot with the new disks yesterday on my SS2, but only when > > I entered "/fd;/linux" at the boot prompt. If I hit ENTER, then it > > reported a read error on block 65 (or byte 65, I can't remember). This > > must be a SILO problem with certain hardware/PROM combinations. > > Happy to see it works :-)) > BTW, can you explain me the syntax a bit further ? I don't understand the > first part: /fd; > Is this working on all sparcs ? (then I could put it the default for silo) >
IIRC, the full syntax is [<openprom path>;][<partition number>]<path to kernel>. If you type help at the SILO prompt you will get a brief explanation of this. /fd is a short path to the floppy disk that openprom understands. There are longer paths as well, but this is sort of like a symlink. I didn't check the archives, but I think someone else posted this solution for the old bootdisks. Maybe that individual can step forward and give a better answer? -- ================================================================= Jeffrey Ebert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sonics, Inc. (650)938-2500, x108 =================================================================
