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- <sect2 arch="sparc" id="invoking-openboot"><title>Invoking OpenBoot</title>
-
-<para>
-
-OpenBoot provides the basic functions needed to boot the &arch-title;
-architecture. This is rather similar in function to the BIOS in the
-x86 architecture, although much nicer. The Sun boot PROMs have a
-built-in forth interpreter which lets you do quite a number of things
-with your machine, such as diagnostics, simple scripts, etc.
-
-</para><para>
-
-To get to the boot prompt you need to hold down the
-<keycap>Stop</keycap> key (on older type 4 keyboards, use the
-<keycap>L1</keycap> key, if you have a PC keyboard adapter, use
-the <keycap>Break</keycap> key) and press the
-<keycap>A</keycap> key. The boot PROM will give you a prompt,
-either <userinput>ok</userinput> or <userinput>&gt;</userinput>. It is
-preferred to have the <userinput>ok</userinput> prompt. So if you get
-the old style prompt, hit the <keycap>n</keycap> key to get the new
-style prompt.
-
-</para>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 arch="sparc" id="boot-dev-select-sun">
- <title>Boot Device Selection</title>
-
-<para>
-
-You can use OpenBoot to boot from specific devices, and also to change
-your default boot device. However, you need to know some details
-about how OpenBoot names devices; it's much different from Linux
-device naming, described in <xref linkend="device-names"/>.
-Also, the command will vary a bit, depending on what version of
-OpenBoot you have. More information about OpenBoot can be found in
-the <ulink url="&url-openboot;">Sun OpenBoot Reference</ulink>.
-
-</para><para>
-
-Typically, with newer revisions, you can use OpenBoot device such as
-``floppy'', ``cdrom'', ``net'', ``disk'', or ``disk2''. These have
-the obvious meanings; the ``net'' device is for booting from the
-network. Additionally, the device name can specify a particular
-partition of a disk, such as ``disk2:a'' to boot disk2, first
-partition. Full OpenBoot device names have the form
-
-<informalexample>
-<screen>
-<replaceable>driver-name</replaceable>@
-<replaceable>unit-address</replaceable>:
-<replaceable>device-arguments</replaceable>
-</screen></informalexample>.
-
-In older revisions of OpenBoot, device naming is a bit different: the
-floppy device is called ``/fd'', and SCSI disk devices are of the form
-``sd(<replaceable>controller</replaceable>,
-<replaceable>disk-target-id</replaceable>,
-<replaceable>disk-lun</replaceable>)''. The command
-<userinput>show-devs</userinput> in newer OpenBoot revisions is useful
-for viewing the currently configured devices. For full information,
-whatever your revision, see the
-<ulink url="&url-openboot;">Sun OpenBoot Reference</ulink>.
-
-</para><para>
-
-To boot from a specific device, use the command <userinput>boot
-<replaceable>device</replaceable></userinput>. You can set this
-behavior as the default using the <userinput>setenv</userinput>
-command. However, the name of the variable to set changed between
-OpenBoot revisions. In OpenBoot 1.x, use the command
-<userinput>setenv boot-from
-<replaceable>device</replaceable></userinput>. In later revisions of
-OpenBoot, use the command <userinput>setenv boot-device
-<replaceable>device</replaceable></userinput>. Note, this is also
-configurable using the <command>eeprom</command> command on Solaris,
-or modifying the appropriate files in
-<filename>/proc/openprom/options/</filename>, for example under Linux:
-
-<informalexample><screen>
-
-echo disk1:1 &gt;/proc/openprom/options/boot-device
-
-</screen></informalexample>
-
-and under Solaris:
-
-<informalexample><screen>
-
-eeprom boot-device=disk1:1
-
-</screen></informalexample>
-
-</para>
- </sect2>