Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:44:08 +0100 From: Joerg Wunsch <j@ida.interface-business.de> To: Yann CUEFF <yanncueff@hotmail.fr> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to boot after a Freebsd 5.3 install Message-ID: <20041228174408.GA91338@ida.interface-business.de> In-Reply-To: <BAY23-F296C3008C30133EE53B075D19A0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY23-F296C3008C30133EE53B075D19A0@phx.gbl>
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As Yann CUEFF wrote: > Nowhere like an install on i386 i've seen an item to install a boot > manager. The Openboot PROM (OBP) is boot manager enough. > After exist sysinstall i tried to boot with the OBP of my ultra5 > workstation on the a partition and i doesn't work. Where did you install it? How did you partition your disk(s)? If not customized, OBP tries to boot off partition `a' of the first disk (IDE disk on the U5/10). What ``does not work''? (IOW: what happens?) -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-systems.de http://www.interface-systems.de/~j/
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