NetBSD/hppa: Configuring the Boot ROM
(c) Copyright. Hewlett-Packard Company. 1992. All rights reserved. PDC ROM rev. 1.1 IODC ROM rev. 1.0 240 MB of memory configured and tested. Selecting a system to boot. To stop selection process, press and hold the ESCAPE key. <ESC> Booting from: scsi.6.0 SEAGATE ST3600N Selection process stopped. Searching for Potential Boot Devices. To terminate search, press and hold the ESCAPE key. Device Selection Device Path Device Type ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- P0 scsi.6.0 SEAGATE ST3600N <ESC> Search terminated. b) Boot from specified device s) Search for bootable devices a) Enter Boot Administration mode x) Exit and continue boot sequence ?) Help Select from menu: a BOOT_ADMIN> help The following commands are available: AUTOSELECT Display/Set state of AUTOSELECT flag BOOT Boot from Primary/Alternate path or Specified Device DATE Read/Set the Real-Time Clock EXIT Return to previous menu FASTBOOT Display/Set state of FASTBOOT flag FASTSIZE Display/Set FASTSIZE memory parameter FDDI_ADDR Display FDDI Station Address HELP <item> Display Help information for <item> INFO Display boot/revision information LAN_ADDR Display LAN Station Address OS Display/Select Operating System PATH Display/Modify Path Information PIM_INFO Display Processor Internal Memory Information RESET Reset the System SEARCH Search for boot device SECURE Display/set secure boot mode SHOW Display the results of the previous search BOOT_ADMIN> help autoselect AUTOSELECT/AUTO Display the state of the AUTOSELECT flag AUTOSELECT ON Enable AUTOSELECT at next boot AUTOSELECT OFF Disable AUTOSELECT at next boot AUTOSELECT enables the automatic search and selection of a boot device. The autoselection search process for boot devices is ordered: - primary boot device (as defined in Stable Storage) - SCSI at address 6 - SCSI at address 5 - FWSCSI at address 6 - FWSCSI at address 5 - LAN - Other devices connected to SCSI - Other devices connected to FWSCSI - EISA BOOT_ADMIN> autoselect AUTOSELECT ON. BOOT_ADMIN> autoselect off AUTOSELECT OFF. BOOT_ADMIN> lan_addr LAN Station Address: 080009-488879 BOOT_ADMIN> help path Set named path in Stable Storage: PATH <path_type> <device>[.<options>] Display named path: PATH <path_type> Display all paths in Stable Storage: PATH <path_type> primary, alternate, console, keyboard <device>[.<options>] may be one of the following: eisa.<options> (EISA adapter) fwscsi.<options> (On-board FASTWIDE SCSI interface) lan.<options> (Slider-card LAN interface) scsi.<options> (On-board SCSI interface) graphics (Graphics Slot) hil (HP-HIL Module) parallel (On-board Parallel Port) rs232_a.<options> (Serial Port A) rs232_b.<options> (Serial Port B) For more information on device options, type HELP <device> where <device> = eisa, lan, rs232, etc ... BOOT_ADMIN> path Primary boot path = scsi.6.0 Alternate boot path = lan.080009-6265a6.0.0 Console path = graphics Keyboard path = hil BOOT_ADMIN> help lan LAN (IEEE 802.3/Ethernet LAN) Path Specification lan.<server_address>.<init_retry>.<io_retry> <lan_server_address> 12 digit (hex) LAN server address <init_retry> max number of times to try a boot request (0 = default, 255 = infinite) <io_retry> max number of times to try a read request (0 = default, 255 = infinite) Example: to specify LAN address 123456-78ABCD with infinite initialization retries and default I/O retries, lan.123456-78ABCD.255.0 If one or more parameters are not specified, the following defaults will be used: <lan_server_address> = 000000-000000 <init_retry> = 3 tries <io_retry> = 6 tries BOOT_ADMIN> reset Resetting ...
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