Sun 3/50 and Shoebox

From: Richard A. Cini <rcini_at_email.msn.com>
Date: Sat Feb 7 08:27:42 1998

On 06 Feb 1998 20:53:16 -0800, Frank McConnell <fmc_at_reanimators.org> wrote:

>>Given that this is a Sun 3, I would re-set them for disk ID = 0 and
tape ID = 4. At that point, you should be able to get to the monitor
prompt by pressing L1-A (hold L1, press A) while it's trying to boot
from the network (or before) and typing "b sd(0,0,0)" to get it to
boot from disk, or "b st(0,0,0)" to get it to boot from tape. Oh yeah,
you need to press return after that ")", unless you want to pass some
arguments to the boot, in which case you should type them before you
press return (e.g. "b sd(0,0,0) -s" to boot single-user mode).<<

    I don't have a Sun keyboard or mouse, so what are the
terminal-equivalent keys for L1?

    I've tried the "b sd(0,0,0)" command from the montior in DIAG mode, but
it complains that the device is not present. I don't have a SCSI terminator
on the end of the chain, so that may be an issue (the shoebox did not come
with one; I ordered one :-)).

>>I don't recall exactly how to set the default boot device. Once you
have something bootable on the disk, you want to set the default
boot device to "sd(0,0,0)". This setting goes in the EEPROM, only
I don't remember exactly what locations to use. If you install
SunOS 4.1.1 there will be an "eeprom" command that will help you
to not remember too.<<

    I figured this one out. I've set the EEPROM for polling. I don't even
know what system is on the hard drive, though.


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