SUMMARY: Correction: How to get a Shell in ttya booting from cdrom.

Tue Nov 25 08:55:12 EST 2003

When booting from a Solaris Installation Disk you can get a shell if
using the ttya port (vt100 console) using the command "boot -s cdrom"
from the "ok" prompt.

Below a screenshoot of the procedure:

Welcome to minicom 2.00.0

OPTIONS: History Buffer, F-key Macros, Search History Buffer, I18n
Compiled on Feb 24 2002, 14:58:54.

Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys

ok boot cdrom -s 
Boot device: /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1/ide at 3/cdrom at 2,0:f  File and args: -s
cdrom
SunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic_112233-07 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Configuring /dev and /devices
Using RPC Bootparams for network configuration information.
Skipping interface hme0
/
INIT: SINGLE USER MODE
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Thanks to:
Every one pointed the same answer and made me remember I used to do the
same a long time ago (may be getting older? :) )

Fishwick, Chris <chris.fishwick at technologyservicesgroup.com.au>
Paul Theodoropoulos <paul at anastrophe.com>
Sandwich Maker <adh at an.bradford.ma.us>
Russell_C_Page at national.com.au
minoti.koul at wipro.com
Hichael Morton <mh1272 at yahoo.com>

petri kallberg
<petri.kallberg at Sun.COM>
Casper Dik <casper at holland.sun.com>
Robert Helmer <robert at roberthelmer.com>

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