xserve firmware

Hi,

There was a lightning storm a few weeks ago and my xserve
went down. I
was not able to get it to do anything until yesterday. After
taking the
lid off, and pushing some buttons I was able to get it to at
least show
the apple can't boot screen. It still didn't seem to do what
it was
supposed to, so I held down the option-apple-O-R (I think?).
I could then
get to the open firmware with option-apple-O-F.

I then put into the openfirmware:
setenv boot-device hd2:,ofwboot.xcf
setenv boot-file hd:0,/netbsd
setenv boot-command boot
setenv auto-boot? false
reset-all

When it came back up, I typed boot and it booted NetBSD, so
I did a
shutdown and when the open firmware came up I set auto-boot?
to true and
then reset-all, but it wouldn't boot. So, I cycled the power
and held down
option-apple-O-F, then typed boot and it booted. So, I
thought maybe the
hard drive was not spun up when it tried to boot. Then tried
shutdown -r
now, but once again the screen went black. I have googled
and look through
the archives of this list, but I can't seem to find a
solution. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Al

> I then put into the openfirmware:
> setenv boot-device hd2:,ofwboot.xcf

Are you sure you didn't mean boot-device hd:2,ofwboot.xcf?

> setenv boot-file hd:0,/netbsd
> setenv boot-command boot
> setenv auto-boot? false
> reset-all
>
> When it came back up, I typed boot and it booted
NetBSD, so I did a
> shutdown and when the open firmware came up I set
auto-boot? to true and
> then reset-all, but it wouldn't boot. So, I cycled the
power and held down
> option-apple-O-F, then typed boot and it booted. So, I
thought maybe the
> hard drive was not spun up when it tried to boot. Then
tried shutdown -r
> now, but once again the screen went black. I have
googled and look through
> the archives of this list, but I can't seem to find a
solution. Any ideas?

While you're at it, are you sure your battery is new?

John

On 8/16/07, DataZap <azdatazap.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There was a lightning storm a few weeks ago and my
xserve went down. I
> was not able to get it to do anything until yesterday.
After taking the
> lid off, and pushing some buttons I was able to get it
to at least show
> the apple can't boot screen. It still didn't seem to do
what it was
> supposed to, so I held down the option-apple-O-R (I
think?). I could then
> get to the open firmware with option-apple-O-F.
>
> I then put into the openfirmware:
> setenv boot-device hd2:,ofwboot.xcf
> setenv boot-file hd:0,/netbsd
> setenv boot-command boot
> setenv auto-boot? false
> reset-all
>
> When it came back up, I typed boot and it booted
NetBSD, so I did a
> shutdown and when the open firmware came up I set
auto-boot? to true and
> then reset-all, but it wouldn't boot. So, I cycled the
power and held down
> option-apple-O-F, then typed boot and it booted. So, I
thought maybe the
> hard drive was not spun up when it tried to boot. Then
tried shutdown -r
> now, but once again the screen went black. I have
googled and look through
> the archives of this list, but I can't seem to find a
solution. Any ideas?

All I can relate to is the booting weirdness, but I don't
have NetBSD
booting yet (I can't find the proper command syntax in the
firmware as
you seem to have).

I had some problems booting OSX, and if I hit a little reset
button on
the motherboard, it would boot. I think this hardware has
some
funkiness that isn't present in PCs.

Andy

http://www.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/faq.html#drive-spinup


This might work for you
http://www.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/SystemD
isk-tutorial/of105patch2.txt

add to nvram
: wBoot begin boot-device ['] $boot catch drop 
." -Waiting for boot-device" cr  d# 500 ms key?
until ;


setenv boot-command wBoot

On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 15:11 -0700, DataZap wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> There was a lightning storm a few weeks ago and my
xserve went down. I
> was not able to get it to do anything until yesterday.
After taking
> the
> lid off, and pushing some buttons I was able to get it
to at least
> show
> the apple can't boot screen. It still didn't seem to do
what it was
> supposed to, so I held down the option-apple-O-R (I
think?). I could
> then
> get to the open firmware with option-apple-O-F.
> 
> I then put into the openfirmware:
> setenv boot-device hd2:,ofwboot.xcf
> setenv boot-file hd:0,/netbsd
> setenv boot-command boot
> setenv auto-boot? false
> reset-all
> 
> When it came back up, I typed boot and it booted
NetBSD, so I did a
> shutdown and when the open firmware came up I set
auto-boot? to true
> and
> then reset-all, but it wouldn't boot. So, I cycled the
power and held
> down
> option-apple-O-F, then typed boot and it booted. So, I
thought maybe
> the
> hard drive was not spun up when it tried to boot. Then
tried shutdown
> -r
> now, but once again the screen went black. I have
googled and look
> through
> the archives of this list, but I can't seem to find a
solution. Any
> ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Al
> 
> 
> 
>