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by **Chris Rap** » Sat, 09 Nov 1996 04:00:00

I am running Free SCO OS5 and want dos to boot by default from the
Boot: prompt.

I have set DEFBOOTSTR=dos in /etc/default/boot but when the machine
auto boots it just comes up:

hd(40)dos: invalid parameter

What else do I need to set?

Thanks
Chris R.

by **Jeff Lieberma** » Mon, 11 Nov 1996 04:00:00

: I am running Free SCO OS5 and want dos to boot by default from the
: Boot: prompt.
: I have set DEFBOOTSTR=dos in /etc/default/boot but when the machine
: auto boots it just comes up:
: hd(40)dos: invalid parameter
: What else do I need to set?

Read the man pages for boot(F), boot(HW), and bootos(HW).

The following works just fine. (I tried it).

DEFBOOTSTR=bootos dos
# DEFBOOTSTR=hd(40)unix swap=hd(41) dump=hd(41) root=hd(42)

I would think that your method should have worked since
/stand/dos and /stand/bootos are linked. Wierd, but true.

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by **Chris Rap** » Tue, 12 Nov 1996 04:00:00

>following:

>>: I am running Free SCO OS5 and want dos to boot by default from the
>>: Boot: prompt.
>>: I have set DEFBOOTSTR=dos in /etc/default/boot but when the machine
>>: auto boots it just comes up:
>>: hd(40)dos: invalid parameter
>>: What else do I need to set?

>>The following works just fine. (I tried it).

>> DEFBOOTSTR=bootos dos
>> # DEFBOOTSTR=hd(40)unix swap=hd(41) dump=hd(41) root=hd(42)

>>I would think that your method should have worked since
>>/stand/dos and /stand/bootos are linked. Wierd, but true.

>There is a bug in that you cannot autoboot to dos, (it can't take the
>"auto" suffix), Bela knows about and suggested I try the old OSR3 dos
>file, but it does not recognise my DOS_32 Win 95 partition.

Thanks David

I thought I was going mad there for a minute! :-)

I was _sure_ there used to be no problem auto-booting to DOS but the
OS5 just won't do it.

I suppose we will have to wait for an upgrade or patch :-(

Thanks
Chris R.

by **David Clayt** » Tue, 12 Nov 1996 04:00:00

following:

>: I am running Free SCO OS5 and want dos to boot by default from the
>: Boot: prompt.
>: I have set DEFBOOTSTR=dos in /etc/default/boot but when the machine
>: auto boots it just comes up:
>: hd(40)dos: invalid parameter
>: What else do I need to set?

>The following works just fine. (I tried it).

> DEFBOOTSTR=bootos dos
> # DEFBOOTSTR=hd(40)unix swap=hd(41) dump=hd(41) root=hd(42)

>I would think that your method should have worked since
>/stand/dos and /stand/bootos are linked. Wierd, but true.

There is a bug in that you cannot autoboot to dos, (it can't take the
"auto" suffix), Bela knows about and suggested I try the old OSR3 dos
file, but it does not recognise my DOS_32 Win 95 partition.

Regards, David.
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by **Jim Kot** » Thu, 14 Nov 1996 04:00:00

Chris*r blessed us with his opinion of the following..

Quote:
>I am running Free SCO OS5 and want dos to boot by default from the
>Boot: prompt.

>I have set DEFBOOTSTR=dos in /etc/default/boot but when the machine
>auto boots it just comes up:

>hd(40)dos: invalid parameter

>What else do I need to set?

>Thanks
>Chris R.

It can't do it that way, because it's trying to send dos a parameter of
"auto" for autoboot & dos doesn't like that. I haven't seen a way to make it
work otherwise.

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