[Aurora-sparc-user] Help with OBP.

[g.h.van.der.kroef at hccnet.nl]

Hello,

>
> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:12:45 -0800
> From: "Bill Richter (brichter)" <brichter at cisco.com>
> Subject: Re: [Aurora-sparc-user] Help with OBP.
> To: "Aurora user discussion" <aurora-sparc-user at lists.auroralinux.org>
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> If all else fails, Stop+N should reset ALL defaults.
>

Not completely true.
STOP+N only resets the variables values (just as 'set-defaults' does).
To initiate this, press STOP+N while you power on the system.
Obviously it only works with a SUN keyboard.

>
> But, if you're using ANY non-standard settings in OBP, they will be
> reset also. It's a good idea to document your settings before using Stop+N.
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks.
> Bill Richter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aurora-sparc-user-bounces at lists.auroralinux.org
> [mailto:aurora-sparc-user-bounces at lists.auroralinux.org] On Behalf Of
> Chris Andrew
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:08 AM
> To: Aurora user discussion
> Subject: [Aurora-sparc-user] Help with OBP.
>
>
> 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.
>

You use the correct commands, but in a different order.
Use 'show-disks' to display a list of attached disks. The output also
tells you what to do.
I.e. type b if you want to select the disk that is displayed as item b.
Then use 'nvalias variable_name ^Y'.
Variable_name is any name you like, but be careful when using an existing
name. Use 'devalias' to display those.
^Y (CTRL-Y) will insert the string you selected when typing b after
'show-disks'.

> 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.
>

To delete aliases the 'nvunalias' command is your friend.
Again, use 'devalias' to display all aliases.

>
> Can anyone spell it out for me, so I can do a fresh install on this
> box."
>

Another very useful command is 'sifting'.
If you are looking for a command, but don't know the exact spelling, only
know it has something like 'show' in it, then type 'sifting show', and you
get a list of all commands and routines that have the string 'show' in it
(like show-disks, show-screens, etc).

> Many thanks,
>
>
> Chris.
>
>
>
> --
> Reasons why you may want to try GNU/Linux:
>
>
> http://www.getgnulinux.org/
>
>
> A great GNU/Linux distro:
>
>
> http://wiki.gnewsense.org/

Best regards,
Ruud van der Kroef