[PLUG] Sun E420r help
chris (fool) mccraw
gently at gmail.com
Mon Jul 7 22:58:40 UTC 2008
On 7/7/08, Daniel Herrington <herda05 at gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I just bought a Sun 420r and am attempting to put Solaris 10 on it. I'm
> using a Startech SV125 convert so I can use a PS2 and PC Monitor.
> However, I am not seeing an ok prompt after memory initialization. The
> cursor just sits there. Nothing I type on the keyboard registers on the
> screen. I'm assuming the startech isn't the problem since the monitor
> connection is working correctly.
>
> Does anybody know how the boot process on the Sun 420r works? I'm
> assuming I should see an ok prompt at some point in which to tell the
> server to use the cdrom as the boot device.
well, i'd say you should hit stop-a and it should take you back to ok>
but since you're not using a sun keyboard, i'm not sure how you'd do
that...
i agree with your analysis that if you see the memory analysis, you're
good on monitor connection. have you tried plugging a serial cable in
to see if it's using the serial port as console? i've never tried
doing that with a sun, so i don't know at what point the serial
console would take over from the framebuffer (or if it would at
all)...but i know it's possible to go completely headless, and still
get access to the prom prompt (and i'm pretty sure 'break' is the
equivalent of stop-a on a serial console).
some googling reveals that you'll want a nullmodem and 9600 8N1
settings for that serial connection.
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