Template: debian-installer/arcboot-installer/title Type: text # :sl4: _Description: Install the Arcboot boot loader on a hard disk # Beware, this one is shared with arcboot Template: arcboot/boot_device Type: string Default: /dev/sda # :sl4: _Description: Disk for boot loader installation: Arcboot must be installed into the volume header of a disk with a SGI disklabel. Usually the volume header of /dev/sda is used. Please give the device name of the disk on which to put arcboot. Template: arcboot-installer/serial-console Type: note # :sl4: _Description: Arcboot configured to use a serial console Arcboot is configured to use the serial port ${PORT} as the console. The serial port speed is set to ${SPEED}. Template: arcboot-installer/apt-install-failed Type: boolean # :sl4: _Description: Arcboot installation failed. Continue anyway? The arcboot package failed to install into /target/. Installing Arcboot as a boot loader is a required step. The install problem might however be unrelated to Arcboot, so continuing the installation may be possible. Template: arcboot-installer/prom-variables Type: note # :sl4: # Translators, the 4th string of this description has been dropped from # PO files. It contains firmware commands and should not be translated. #flag:comment:3 # "Stop for Maintenance" should be left in English #flag:translate!:4 _Description: Setting PROM variables for Arcboot If this is the first Linux installation on this machine, or if the hard drives have been repartitioned, some variables need to be set in the PROM before the system is able to boot normally. . At the end of this installation stage, the system will reboot. After this, enter the command monitor from the "Stop for Maintenance" option, and enter the following commands: . setenv SystemPartition scsi(${BOOTBUS})disk(${BOOTID})rdisk(${BOOTLUN})partition(8) setenv OSLoadPartition scsi(${ROOTBUS})disk(${ROOTID})rdisk(${ROOTLUN})partition(${ROOTPART}) setenv OSLoader arcboot setenv OSLoadFilename Linux . You will only need to do this once. Afterwards, enter the "boot" command or reboot the system to proceed to your newly installed system.