make sure you have boot=/dev/sda in your conf file.
On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey, all. > > I've got a SS10 with two 500 MB drives ( roughly ). I've made sure that > both have the Sun whole-disk partition on them ( 's' in fdisk ), but it > seems no matter what I do, I can't get it to boot off the internal disk. > Here's the partitioning scheme now ( sizes are rough estimates ): > > Disk1: > /dev/sda1 10M /boot > /dev/sda2 64M swap > /dev/sda3 -- Whole Disk > /dev/sda4 300M / > /dev/sda5 130M /usr/share > > Disk2: > /dev/sda1 430M /usr > /dev/sda2 64M swap > /dev/sda3 -- Whole Disk > > Silo.conf: > > partition=1 > root=/dev/sda4 > timeout=100 > image=1/vmlinuz > label=linux > read-only > > I can boot from floppy, and from cdrom, but everytime the SS boots, I get > this: > > Boot device: /iommu/sbus/[EMAIL PROTECTED],400000/[EMAIL > PROTECTED],800000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 File and > args: > Illegal Instruction > > attempts to: > > boot disk:4 > > fail similarly. > > I'm pretty new to the Sparc architecture, so any help would be > appreciated. I'd prefer not to have to mess with boot floppies or boot > cds... > > Thanks, > > Zac > > $name="zachery bir"; $email="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"; > $position="systems engineer ii"; $altposition="witch doctor"; > $voice="804.644.5109"; $web="http://www.baymountain.com"; > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >