[OpenBIOS] latest SVN doesn't boot -kernel on PPC

Nick Couchman Nick.Couchman at seakr.com
Wed Aug 18 16:50:44 CEST 2010


> 
> Actually this isn't quite right; at least Solaris 9 needs an explicit 
> slice given on the boot command line in order for the bootblock to load 
> correctly. When auto-boot is enabled (as by default) then this is now 
> the default.
> 
> It's only when you turn off autoboot (as you would typically do for 
> debugging) that you need to remember to give a specific slice.
> 
> 

Ah...sorry to add to the confusion!

:-)

-Nick



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