More... Re: VS4000 hardware questions

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Mon Dec 24 17:25:17 2001

On 24 Dec 2001, Michael Schneider wrote:

> To get the 4000/60 autobooting you have to have
>
> SET BOOT dka0 (or whatever your system disk is)
> SET HALT 1
> SET BFLG 0
>
> Most NetBSD's up to 1.5.2 garble the "HALT" setting on shutdown, so you
> should check this ("SHOW HALT"). Valid values are:
>
> 3: Machine halts on powerup (Manual boot)
> 2: Automatic reboot
> 1: Automatic restart
> 0: same as 2

 Ah-hah! This one has HALT set to 3. I haven't found any docs or online
info
about the nvram settings or post messages.
 Thanks, I'll try this.

        Doc
Received on Mon Dec 24 2001 - 17:25:17 GMT