On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 03:07:36PM -0400, Chad Miller wrote: > Hi all. > > I got a spiffy E450 recently and am trying to use Potato on it. I can > install without problem (at openprom, 'boot cdrom'). It has several > disks, and on the first I delete all partitions (including the ``Whole > disk'') and remake them (Whole disk, root, swap). I run the install > gauntlet, and I follow the step that runs 'silo' at the end. > > Upon rebooting (my openprom 'boot-device' variable is set to 'disk'), the > previous SunOS installation begins to boot! I've deleted all other > disks' partitions and ``Whole disk'' partitions (and created bare disks > with one type-83 partition), and even 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda' (from > SunOS -- grrr). I just tried at openprom 'boot disk0' and it boots SunOS. > > I don't want SunOS. SunOS is ugly. SunOS makes me itch. > > What must one do to boot SILO? Ideas?
What is the SCSI ID of the Linux disk? Sounds like you are trying to boot one that isn't SCSI ID 3 (the default that SPARC tries to boot). You'll need to specify something like "boot disk2" or something. Then in linux, edit /etc/silo.conf to put the boot block on the correct disk. The reason it is done this way is to prevent from breaking installs where Solaris/SunOS is on one disk, and Linux is on another (common setup). Ben -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
