Dear ALL: I encounter a strange problem. when I have install solaris 8 on E450 system,system cannot auto boot, I must type boot disk at ok> prompt,follow is my eeprom config tpe-link-test?=true scsi-initiator-id=7 keyboard-click?=false keymap: data not available. .reboot-flag=false .reboot-posc=0 .reboot-posl=33 .reboot-cmd=boot ttyb-rts-dtr-off=false ttyb-ignore-cd=true ttya-rts-dtr-off=false ttya-ignore-cd=true ttyb-mode=9600,8,n,1,- ttya-mode=9600,8,n,1,- pci-slot-skip-list=none pci0-probe-list=1,3,2,4 upa-port-skip-list=none memory-interleave=auto disk-led-assoc=0 diag-level=min diag-script=normal diag-targets=none diag-trigger=power-reset diag-continue?=false diag-passes=1 diag-verbosity=silent env-monitor=enabled .asr-disable-list: data not available. .asr-status=18437736870358094097 .post-status=18437736870358094097 .post-address=18446744073441856352 .post-flag=0 .rsc-status=85 .obp-flags=0 .obp-state=6 .obp-status=0 mfg-options=server #power-cycles=17 system-board-serial#=048H2774 system-board-date=3a1ac3ff fcode-debug?=false output-device=screen input-device=keyboard load-base=16384 boot-command=boot auto-boot?=true auto-boot-on-error?=true watchdog-reboot?=false diag-file: data not available. diag-device=net boot-file: data not available. boot-device=disk local-mac-address?=false ansi-terminal?=true screen-#columns=80 screen-#rows=34 silent-mode?=false use-nvramrc?=false nvramrc: data not available. security-mode=none security-password: data not available. security-#badlogins=4096 oem-logo: data not available. oem-logo?=false oem-banner: data not available. oem-banner?=false hardware-revision=UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU last-hardware-update: data not available. .upa-noprobe-mask=0 diag-switch?=false thanks and best regards

set.... diag-device=disk Dave

It's ok thanks But why?

net is the default value, but since you want it to get the boot info from your local disk, you must set it accordingly.

Thanks