SRM help? (fwd)

[Marco Benton]

the ">>> set auto_action boot " would defeat his purpose as it's already 
auto booting upon init.

bob smith wrote:

> SRM variables that I use:
> #  >>> set boot_osflags a
> # >>> set auto_action boot
> # >>> set bootdef_dev dka0
> # >>> boot -fl a
>
>
>
> Tom Linden wrote:
>
>> If that doesn't work, disconnect the power from the disk drives, then 
>> when
>> you get >>> set auto_action halt
>>
>>   -----Original Message-----
>>   From: axp-list-bounces at redhat.com 
>> [mailto:axp-list-bounces at redhat.com]On
>>   Behalf Of Marco Benton
>>   Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 11:22 AM
>>   To: Linux and Red Hat on Alpha processors
>>   Subject: Re: SRM help? (fwd)
>>       there should be a variable called "AUTO_ACTION", set that to 
>> halt. (for   old SRMs)
>>     usually you can "control-c" during the boot process (just after 
>> SRM   init) to stop the boot.  or there's always to good ole HALT 
>> button.
>>     Buck Rekow wrote:
>>     > I know it'scalled autoboot, and you set it like an environment 
>>   > variable. if your SRM is new enough you will have help on the 
>> subject.   > I don't know if you can interrupt SRM, but you can force 
>> the boot to   > fail, which will drop you to SRM. pull your primary 
>> boot disk, and   > boot.. the boot will fail and SRM will appear. 
>> check out the help on   > autoboot.
>>   >
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