[Aurora-sparc-user] Help with OBP.

Chris Andrew cjhandrew at gmail.com
Tue Jan 29 11:26:30 EST 2008


Hi,

I added 2 more drives and changed the order that everything was plugged-in.

I think it's just the CDROM alias, as the 1st HDD still boots.

Thanks,

Chris.

On 28/01/2008, mistamidget <mistamidget at cs.id.au> wrote:
> If you have changed your cdrom and it no longer works it may be that the
> replacement is set to slave mode when the other was set to master mode
> or vice-versa. Try jumpering for both types. Do not use cs mode.
>
>
> Chris Andrew wrote:
> > Hi, all.
> >
> > I posted the following to the debian-sparc list, but no luck.  Can anyone help?
> >
> > "Hi, all.
> >
> >  I've just rebuilt my Ultra 10, with different drives.  Unfortunately
> >  my CDROM no longer seems to be mapped correctly.
> >  I've made this mistake before, but can't remember how I got around it.
> >  I know I need to do something with devalias/ nvalias and show-disks,
> >  but I can't for the life of me remember what.
> >
> > Additionally, I seem to have several entries for my CDROM (my fault,
> > trying to create a good alias).
> >
> > I also tried set-defaults, but didn't seem to do anything.
> >
> > Can anyone spell it out for me, so I can do a fresh install on this box."
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> >
>
>
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