Nikolaj: There is a Sun Web page describing how to create aliases within the PROM for booting your Linux partition or your Solaris partition (as simple as typing solaris or linux at the boot prompt)
http://wwws.sun.com/software/linux/docs/dual_boot.html If you want to have your Linux partition come up by default, and present you with a SILO menu with Solaris as an option, check out the SILO page at Sourceforge: http://silo.sourceforge.net/ If you are going to go the SILO route, then you'll have to change the settings in your PROM to load your Linux partitition by default. Of course, SILO will have to be configured to boot the Solaris partition. The SILO page at Sourceforge should help with that. My SILO configuration has the following lines added: other=/[EMAIL PROTECTED], 4000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0;1 label = solaris This simply tells SILO to boot that device range (and it's the equivalent of typing boot disk:a at my boot prompt). It works for me, but I still just use the PROM boot prompt. Just remember to never allow the boot block of the Solaris partition to be overwritten. All that SILO can do for Solaris partition on UltraSPARC computer is boot a device range that has an intact boot block. When I accidentally let SILO overwrite the boot block on my Solaris booting partition, I had to reinstall the boot block using the Sun installation CD. The SILO page at Sourceforge seems to indicate that using a bootblock that you obtained by dd'ing to boot block from your Solaris partition will not work on UltraSPARC based machines. I haven't tried this, so I don't know. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikolaj Uzunow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 11:41 PM Subject: dual boot on Ultra SPARC > hi, > > did anyone tried to prepare Solaris[9]/Debian[woody] dual boot on Ultra > SPARC? > is this only a SILO configuration thing, or I need to play with OpenBoot > also? > > for now I have'boot disk:b' to bring the Debian up. > > thanks! > Nikolaj > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
