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List:       gentoo-sparc
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-sparc] Stupid SILO dual boot question
From:       Hardave Riar <Hardave.Riar () ualberta ! ca>
Date:       2004-04-30 17:05:12
Message-ID: 40928748.1090107 () ualberta ! ca
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James Holden wrote:

> (What does the 'u' flag mean? It appears on both the Linux and SunOS
> swap partitions.)
It means those partitions are flagged as un-mountable. As in not able to 
mount, NOT able to unmount. If that makes sense.

> Have I added the right stuff to get it to see Solaris? How do I get SILO
> installed? I've run /sbin/silo, and I get the "/etc/silo.conf appears to
> be valid" message, but the machine just boots into Solaris and never
> loads SILO. Do I need to fiddle with nvram aliases?

At OBP try a 'boot disk:e'. If that works you can edit the boot-device 
option to make it persistent.

Hardave

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