[SPARCbook] CD-ROM on a 3gx

[Michael Lorenz]

> HI there

> touch /reconfigure
> reboot

/usr/sbin/disks does the job wothout a reboot

> So - I have two questions:
>
> 1) what does the "d" at the end of boot
> "/iommu/sbus/espdma at 4,8400000/esp at 4,8800000/sd at 6,1:d" mean ? I copied the
> string from what the "boot cdom" command issues and only changed "...6,0:d"
> to "6,1:d", but while I understand the rest of the string somewhat, I wonder
> about that last letter (I also saw a "c" on an example found on the net).

the d is just the partition id, c is the whole disk like on most BSD systems, b
would be the swap partition.

> 2) I would like to know how to modify the prom command "boot cdrom' so that
> it boots with my modified string above instead of the wrong one currently in
> memory. I could not find sufficient information on how to do this (in fact,
> I do not understand where the cdrom value is, since it does not seem to be
> showing under printenv....).

try <help boot> and look there for more hints what to ask help...


> 3) MOST IMPORTANTLY, I need a tip on how to get the darn device files
> created, since I do not know how to mount
> "/iommu/sbus/espdma at 4,8400000/esp at 4,8800000/sd at 6,1:d" -- which would be the
> solution to my chief problem.

/usr/sbin/disks creates the entries under /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk

bye
Michael