Making Boot Disk And Floppy Booting

Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris
Date: 1997/03/12

> I woould like to try booting my Sparcstation IPX from
> the floppy drive but don't get a openboot prompt when I
> turn on the system.

Maybe it is configured to auto-boot. When you power on and get the OpenBoot banner, hit L1-A (stop-A or break if you are using a terminal) to get the "ok" prompt.

If it's a relatively recent prom rev you should be able to type "boot floppy".

Also, you'll need to do the installboot procedure on a floppy of the correct filesystem type.

Jim.Moore