Re: Getting Multia to boot by itself

[Alex Angerhofer <alex chem ufl edu>]

>> The boot settings you probably want are:
>> 
>> >>>set boot_file "2/boot/vmlinuz"
>> >>>set boot_osflags "root=/dev/sda2"
>> >>>set bootdef_dev dka0
>> >>>set auto_action boot
>> 
>> and you're set.
> 
> Very set. And you will have extreme difficulty changing things
> afterwards. The Multia has no 'HALT' switch, so you will not be able to
> do useful things like upgrade your kernel. I don't recommend setting
> auto_action to 'boot'.
> 
> Chris Kloiber
> 

You are right. This would be a problem. I guess this is a typical
example of what can happen when no helpful hints come from the more
experienced part of the audience and a newbie tries to help a newbie:
both fall into the same trap. So, to reverse this I suppose you'd have
to move vmlinuz away then restart and reset the auto_action boot, then
boot from a floppy. Is this correct? This of course defeats the
intended feature of self booting. Perhaps this is not a desirable
feature in the alpha world or is there another way of going about it?

Best regards, Alex.

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