Re: OT: Changing SPARC Station boot order

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Author: Kevin Brown
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: OT: Changing SPARC Station boot order
David Huerta wrote:

> I have a Sparc Station 5 running Solaris 9, on which I plan to re-install
> the OS (Sol8 this time, couldn't afford a copy of 9, at least not for the
> SPARC platform). I am not very familiar with SPARC-based hardware, but I
> hear these puppies have no bios, but rather some other boot utility. My
> question is: How can I go about changing the boot order to boot from the
> CD?


You tell it at the OK? prompt. If it goes past the OK? prompt without waiting
for input, just do a Stop + A to bring it back to it.

Try something like "boot cdrom" and see if that works once you get the OK?
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