NetBSD Problem Report #36734

From jmmv@netbsd.org  Sun Aug  5 14:04:32 2007
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Subject: Make sysinst setup OF for hard disk boot automatically
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>Number:         36734
>Category:       port-shark
>Synopsis:       Make sysinst setup OF for hard disk boot automatically
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    port-shark-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Aug 05 14:05:01 +0000 2007
>Originator:     Julio M. Merino Vidal
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.26
>Organization:

>Environment:


System: NetBSD sphinx 4.99.26 NetBSD 4.99.26 (SPHINX) #25: Sun Aug 5 15:14:13 CEST 2007 jmmv@calypso.home.network:/Volumes/NetBSD/obj.shark/Volumes/NetBSD/src/sys/arch/shark/compile/SPHINX shark
Architecture: arm
Machine: shark
>Description:
	sysinst currently tells the user to manually run a command under
	the OpenFirmware shell to properly set up unattended hard disk
	booting.  This command asks him to change the 'boot-device'
	variable.

	Ideally sysinst could set 'boot-device' on its own to get things
	working automatically.  It should also set 'boot-command' and,
	maybe (but probably not) 'auto-boot?'.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Not applicable.

>Fix:
	Haven't had the time to do this.  I'm filing this as a to-do
	remainder so that the idea is not lost.

>Unformatted:

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