From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 28 19:32:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2715316A420 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:32:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-142-072.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.142.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C5D543D45 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:32:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p17.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.5/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k1SJWX6S083469; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:32:33 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20060228131337.0266bbd0@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:32:26 -0600 To: Scott Einuis , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <0IVE00LRZM8T7J40@mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> References: <0IVE00LRZM8T7J40@mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Help Sun Blade 1000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:32:48 -0000 Sparcs are a bit different. A sparc will boot from tape, CD-ROM, net, floppy, hard drive, pretty much and device. However, you have to boot from the right record or slice, etc on the media. Setting the boot device in the prom won't guarantee a boot from that device, only that it will try that device as the default. Sparcs are fussy about what they will boot, you can try booting right from the prom. If you have the ok prompt you can type boot cdrom You get more control in the prom's old mode where you can type b sd(0,6,0) to boot from a SCSI CD at id 6 As I said the sparcs are fussy, and may not boot if your cd is not burned correctly (depending on what software you used to make the image.) You can google for more information on booting the sparc, there are other UNIX's that do boot on these, so I know it should be possible. You may have to keep trying. -Derek At 09:41 AM 2/28/2006, Scott Einuis wrote: >Hi People, > >I've been using FreeSBD for years on x386 machines, and just yesterday >someone gave me a Sun Blade (Ultra-Sparc III) machine with an external SCSI >CD-ROM. It has Solaris 8 pre-installed. > >My questions are.. > >Should I keep Solaris 8 or install FreeBSD? > >And > >Since I tried to install FreeBSD already and failed, how do I get the Sun >Machine to boot from the CD I created for SPARC boot only? > >I tried using the eeprom command and changing the boot device to "cdrom" and >and I also tried the init 0 thing however when I probe-scsi nothing comes >up. > >Any help would be appreciated. > >Thanks > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"