Very Computer

Hello,

my first question was a little bit inconcrete. This one is better. How can I
force a SPARCstation5 (Solaris 2.6,* after starting the rpc services)
to boot from CD ROM? The CD ROM drive is an external SCSI with ID 6.

Thanks a lot

Peter
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Johann Peter Franz                        EDV-Beauftragter/IT-Administrator  
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From "ok" prompt (press Stop+A if not there) "boot cdrom". If you just
want to get the system to a level where you can mount and poke around
the disk, "boot cdrom -s".

Also make sure that the external CDROM is a drive that works on
Suns. For 2.6 it has to be set to use 512byte blocks.

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Hello,

:
: From "ok" prompt (press Stop+A if not there) "boot cdrom". If you just
: want to get the system to a level where you can mount and poke around
: the disk, "boot cdrom -s".
:
: Also make sure that the external CDROM is a drive that works on
: Suns. For 2.6 it has to be set to use 512byte blocks.
:
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: Sun Microsystems AB      Fax: +46 8 623 9102

Thank You for Your help. I've been working with linux for some years, but
on solaris machines I feel lost sometimes. I like solaris, but it is very
different.
Now I could log in the box and single out the problem. It is sendmail, that
makes the system
hang. I think I've to change the init script. Is there an easy way to build
in a timeout for sendmail, so that the system comes up?

Once more thank You

Peter

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Johann Peter Franz                        EDV-Beauftragter/IT-Administrator  
Ludwigstr.33/IV                           der volkswirtschaftl. Fakultaet
D-80539 Muenchen                          der Ludwig Maximilian Universitaet

Phone: (089) 2180-2754