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* Fix your bootloader
@ 1997-11-06 18:05 Michael Kaye
  1997-11-09  0:13   ` Alan Cox
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michael Kaye @ 1997-11-06 18:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux

I am installing linux on an indy for the first time. I was following the
instructions on http://www.linux.sgi.com/faq.html when I noticed the
instructions where not complete.  It talks about "Fixing your bootloader".  I
assume it is talking about NVRAM and the PROM Monitor, but I can not find
anything in the man pages.  I found bootfile, bootmode and boottune, but no
bootloader.  Any ideas what to do at this point?

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* Re: Fix your bootloader
@ 1997-11-09  0:13   ` Alan Cox
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alan Cox @ 1997-11-09  0:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michael Kaye; +Cc: linux

> I am installing linux on an indy for the first time. I was following the
> instructions on http://www.linux.sgi.com/faq.html when I noticed the
> instructions where not complete.  It talks about "Fixing your bootloader".  I
> assume it is talking about NVRAM and the PROM Monitor, but I can not find
> anything in the man pages.  I found bootfile, bootmode and boottune, but no
> bootloader.  Any ideas what to do at this point?

Turn the box on from cold, bang escape repeatedly as it boots until you get
a screen with about 6 icons and a mouse pointer. Click on the command line
one and do

boot /vmlinux options-go-here

Alan

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* Re: Fix your bootloader
@ 1997-11-09  0:13   ` Alan Cox
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alan Cox @ 1997-11-09  0:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michael Kaye; +Cc: linux

> I am installing linux on an indy for the first time. I was following the
> instructions on http://www.linux.sgi.com/faq.html when I noticed the
> instructions where not complete.  It talks about "Fixing your bootloader".  I
> assume it is talking about NVRAM and the PROM Monitor, but I can not find
> anything in the man pages.  I found bootfile, bootmode and boottune, but no
> bootloader.  Any ideas what to do at this point?

Turn the box on from cold, bang escape repeatedly as it boots until you get
a screen with about 6 icons and a mouse pointer. Click on the command line
one and do

boot /vmlinux options-go-here

Alan

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread

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