6.4 Sun PROM
The PROM monitor boot commands come in two forms: "old" style, with a ">" prompt; and "new" style with a "ok" prompt. The "new" style came in about the time the SPARC chip was first introduced, and the newer PROMs have both. On the latter you can get to the "new" style from the "old" by typing "n <return>".
The general form to specify the boot device is:
>b device(controller#,unit#,file#)pathname args
or
ok boot device(controller#,unit#,file#)pathname args
where the controller# is the host bus adapter # (always 0 if you only have one SCSI bus), the unit# is the tape drive or disk drive #, and file# is the partition on the drive or file on the tape. The pathname is the path to the kernel, and possible arguments include:
s boot to single user mode only
a ask for configuration information, i.e. root and swap devices and system file
r reconfigure the system based on currently connected hardware devices (Solaris 2.X only)
At the ">" prompt the boot command is "b", while at the "ok" prompt it is "boot".
The default boot device can be configured in the EEPROM to allow:
>b -or- ok boot
Single user:
>b -s -or- ok boot -s
Boot from network:
>b le()
Boot a specific kernel from disk, e.g. for the kernel, vmunix:
>b sd(0,0,0)vmunix