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by **Kevin Murp** » Sat, 21 Sep 1996 04:00:00

I have recently been given a Sun IPC. When I power it up, I get three

choices b (boot) , n (new) or c (continue)
I have no idea what to do next. I have a cdrom and solaris 1.0.1
What or Where should I look for doc's on what to do next ?
Do I need to reinstall the operating system ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

tia
Kevin Murphy

by **Ralph Osborn** » Sat, 21 Sep 1996 04:00:00

> I have recently been given a Sun IPC. When I power it up, I get three
> choices b (boot) , n (new) or c (continue)
> I have no idea what to do next.

Try b (boot) first, the worst that can happen is that it'll fail.

If b (boot) and c (continue) both fail, try n(new), what else
have you got ;-)

Ralph

by **Kevin Murp** » Sat, 21 Sep 1996 04:00:00

Reposting article removed by rogue canceller.

I have recently been given a Sun IPC. When I power it up, I get three

choices b (boot) , n (new) or c (continue)
I have no idea what to do next. I have a cdrom and solaris 1.0.1
What or Where should I look for doc's on what to do next ?
Do I need to reinstall the operating system ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

tia
Kevin Murphy

by **Derrick Shul** » Tue, 24 Sep 1996 04:00:00

>choices b (boot) , n (new) or c (continue)
>I have no idea what to do next. I have a cdrom and solaris 1.0.1
>What or Where should I look for doc's on what to do next ?
>Do I need to reinstall the operating system ?

Whether to reload the OS depends on whether it is currently loaded.
Have you tried booting???? You may have the documentation that came
with the cd...if so, look in the installation portion. If not, to
boot off of the cdrom, first type " n" for new command. You will get
an "ok" prompt. Now type "boot cdrom". Your machine will boot from
the cd and prompt you from there for information. Sunos 4.x (Solaris
1.x) can be fun to load. It isn't as friendly as Solaris 2.5.

Good Luck.

Derrick
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by **Casper Boden-Cummin** » Thu, 26 Sep 1996 04:00:00

> I have recently been given a Sun IPC. When I power it up, I get three
> choices b (boot) , n (new) or c (continue)
> I have no idea what to do next. I have a cdrom and solaris 1.0.1
> What or Where should I look for doc's on what to do next ?
> Do I need to reinstall the operating system ?

If you hit 'b' the machine will attempt to boot from the default boot
device. You can also specifiy the device after the command.

'c' resumes execution of the OS when it has been suspended with <L1>-A.

'n' stands for 'new command mode'. It enters a diagnostic state where
you check and configure many of the machine's physical characteristics,
such as probing the SCSI chain, setting the tty line disciplines, the
console size, boot device and power-on tests, and so on. Most important
here is whether the diagnostic mode has been password protected. If it
has, you're stuffed (anyone? Jumper settings maybe?).

Run 'b' first to see whether the machine boots. Do you have the root
password? Run 'n' at some stage and type 'help' for a list of command
types. Just look around and learn the set up.

This is all I can remember off the top of my head, but if you have any

IPC and manuals.

Good luck,
Casper Boden-Cummins.

by **Antonino Vital** » Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:00:00

Quote:> I have recently been given a Sun IPC. When I power it up, I get three

> choices b (boot) , n (new) or c (continue)
> I have no idea what to do next. I have a cdrom and solaris 1.0.1

Try 'b'.Also 'n', new will put into command mode. then enter 'boot"
If you need to boot from the CDROM try "b cdrom"
Also 'n', new will put into command mode. then enter 'boot cdrom'.

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by **Rickard Granber** » Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:00:00

> > I have recently been given a Sun IPC. When I power it up, I get three

> > choices b (boot) , n (new) or c (continue)
> > I have no idea what to do next. I have a cdrom and solaris 1.0.1

> Try 'b'.Also 'n', new will put into command mode. then enter 'boot"
> If you need to boot from the CDROM try "b cdrom"
> Also 'n', new will put into command mode. then enter 'boot cdrom'.

Actually, since the IPC has (as far as I know) version 1.x of the
boot prom, you must do:

b sd(0,6,2)

or in new command mode:

boot sd(0,6,2)

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by **Jens Goer** » Wed, 02 Oct 1996 04:00:00

> > I have recently been given a Sun IPC. When I power it up, I get three

> > choices b (boot) , n (new) or c (continue)
> > I have no idea what to do next. I have a cdrom and solaris 1.0.1
> Try 'b'.Also 'n', new will put into command mode. then enter 'boot"
> If you need to boot from the CDROM try "b cdrom"
> Also 'n', new will put into command mode. then enter 'boot cdrom'.

If the IPC has older monitor ROMs the command is
b sd(0,6,2)

The CD-ROM drive is supposed to be on ID 6.

Hope that helps,
Jens
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