[sclug] Sun SPARC help

[Neil Owens]

Alex

I have no way of knowing what it's doing - there's no output on 'A'.
Sending a Break ( either by 'STOP A' on a Sun keyboard or by sending a Break
from TeraTerm) has no effect.  I don't get as far as the OBP. I can't see or
find a 'reset CMOS' jumper anywhere.  even if the NVRAM battery is dead it
should still get me a OBP prompt......

- I think it's FUBAR -

Neil

Anyone want to make me an
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Butcher" <lug at assursys.co.uk>
To: "Neil Owens" <neil_o at ntlworld.com>
Cc: <sclug at sclug.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [sclug] Sun SPARC help


> On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Neil Owens wrote:
>
> > I've inherited 2 old SPARC IPX boxes, one of which runs (Debian) just
dandy.
> >
> > The other won't 'boot' through the serial port.  It makes all of the
> > start-up noises like the working one does, but I don't get any output
from
> > the serial port.
>
> IIRC, the serial console equivalent of stop-A is ESC-A, so try typing
things
> like:
>
>   CTRL+] a
>   CTRL+Break a
>   CTRL+[ a
>   ESC a
>   CTRL+Esc a
>
> I assume you've set the console to 9600 8,n,1.
>
> > I plugged in a keyboard but 'STOP-A' doesn't do anything. It's not worth
> > me spending X20+ on a video adaptor, so
> >
> > Can anyone lend me a Sun video to 15 pin VGA adaptor so I can see if
it's
> > booting through Video only
>
> www.13w3.com have them for 19GBP, if you get no offers.
>
> > Neil
>
> HTH,
> Alex.
> -- 
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