[SPARCbook] boot failure
Patrick Arnoux
parnoux at condor.orli.com
Sat Sep 23 17:38:38 CDT 2000
>
> >From Hugo's great sparcbook FAQ:
>
> 28. Whenever I try to boot, resume fails with an error message which
> suggests booting normally. How do I force the machine to boot normally after
> a failed resume?
> At the rom monitor prompt, do a reset command, then while the Sparcbook
> banner is displayed enter PAUSE A to interrupt the sequence. Then, type
> create no-restore? and enter. Then type boot disk, and the machine will boot
> normally instead of doing a resume.
>
> FAQ at http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~hvdkooij/SparcBook-FAQ/sparcbook-faq.html
If the above does not work, the following is a sure fire way of forcing
a boot without a resume:
Issue a "boot -a" at the PROM prompt
answer with defaults for everything, but when asked for "cprboot",
specify "ufsboot" instead.
Patrick
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