Ben wrote:

> All--
>
> I've got an E450 and a V480 with a boot snag and I was wondering if
> anyone has any good pointers, links, suggestions, etc. that could help
> me work this out (I'm sorely defficient in OBP). Seems these two won't
> boot the usual 'boot-device' suspects w/o manual intervention.
>
> They both will not automatically boot from disk:a. They skip right to
> 'net' which is a no-go under their circumstances. If I issue 'boot
> disk:a' both systems come up fine. Both systems have a full device set
> for booting:
>
> boot-device=/pci@9,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/disk@w21000004cf990d7a,0:a
> disk net
>
> The 450 came from overseas and has had this issue from the get-go. The
> 480 seems to have *some how* started this on its own, though. I
> personally didn't change anything but I do know the 480 auto-booted from
> disk:a on previous resets.
>
> Any ideas on how this could have changed? Do I simply rewrite the
> boot-device line?
>
> TIA!
>
> Ben--
>

Thanks for the info! Here's a little "gotcha": both systems had their
keys in the DIAG position which sent them on their merry way to booting
the specified diag-device (net by default) with every soft-boot.

For the record the 450 was somebody else's doing but the 480 was my bag

Soooo ... I'm feeling pretty silly. Guess it pays to RTFM on what those
little "universal" symbols mean