Re: force to boot from cd

From: ragnus2003 (vincent.ragueneau_at_fnac.net)
Date: 08/03/03

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    Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 09:54:10 +0100

    ....
    When you boot with the Install CD or 1/2 CD and you don't use the -S option
    you start the install ... The boot with the -S option is very quiecky...

    Vince

    "Dr. David Kirkby" <drkirkby@ntlworld.com> a écrit dans le message de
    news:3F2C436E.C057B6BE@ntlworld.com...
    > ragnus2003 wrote:
    > >
    > > From the obp promt
    > > type boot cdrom -s
    > > if boot don't work, verify your alias cdrom ( with the command devalias)
    > >
    > > Vince
    > > "TingChong" <ma7777772@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
    > > 451a2a55.0308011351.4c48cacc@posting.google.com...
    > > > Is there a way to force the sun E450 to boot from cd instead of hard
    disk?
    >
    > Why does he need the -s switch? Unless he want to boot into single
    > user mode on the CD, that switch will cause him problems.
    >
    >
    > --
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