[SunRescue] Booting from CDROM on a Sparcstation IPX

[Bill Bradford]

Move the CD-ROM to SCSI ID 6 (standard for a Sun cdrom) and then
try "boot sd(0,6,2)" instead of "boot cdrom" - you've got an old
openboot ROM.

Bill

On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 09:31:03PM -0500, Tom Yarrish wrote:
> Essentially, this is the message I get on the screen:
> Boot Device: /sbus/esp at 0, 800000/sde at 3,0    File and args:
> Illegal Instruction
> Type b(boot), c(continue), or n(new command mode)
> >
> (so I type "boot cdrom" at the prompt)
> Then I get:
> Rebooting with command: oot cdrom
> Boot device: /sbus/esp at 0, 800000/sde at 3,0    fstype 4.2
> root on /sbus/esp at 0, 800000/sde at 3,0    fstype 4.2
> Boot: oot
> Boot: lookuppn failed: No such file or directory (errno 2)
> copen: bad vn_open
> boot failed
> root on /sbus/esp at 0, 800000/sde at 3,0    fstype 4.2
> Boot:
> I do have the SCSI chain terminated on the SCSI ID 5 device.
> If anyone could provide some assistance I would really appreciate it.
> Thanks,
> Tom

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