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Re: Sun IPC's I've fixed the IDPROM checksum - NOW how do I get it to boot off SCSI?

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From: Craig Dewick
Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 00:00

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In <354b7dcc.7019989@news.virgin.net> dermot.black@virgin.net (Dermot Black) writes:

>I got the FAQ off this newsgroup and repaired the NVRAM settings
>(Thanks to mch@world.std.com)
>My machine is still trying to boot off the le device instead of its
>internal scsi drive.
>Why is this? 

Check the 'diag-switch?' setting. If it's set to 'true' it might be using
the alternative boot device, which generally defaults to booting from the
network.

Regards,

Craig.
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From: cdewick@lios.apana.org.au (Craig Dewick)
Subject: Re: Sun IPC's I've fixed the IDPROM checksum - NOW how do I get it to boot off SCSI?
Date: 1998/05/03
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