On Wed, 21 May 2003, Paul Lorah wrote: > Hi- > > I am new to the world of Sun and the Sparc architecture. I recently got > a SparcStation 5 real cheap, but have no idea what is on it or how it is > configured, and was hoping to run Linux on it. > > However, I am unable to connect to it in any fashion. I have a type 5 > keyboard and mouse, and I got a 13W3 to DB15 vga cable to connect my > Radius L1 monitor (supports up to 1600x1200). When I connect both, I > power it up, but nothing appears on the screen. I do hear the hard > drive accessing like it is booting an OS. Two SBUS video cards are > installed, I tried connecting to both to no avail.
I too have a sparc5-110 and a 13W3-db15 adapter cable, but haven't tried it on the ss5. I tried it on an old ipc, and got nowhere with that. > Next, I tried console over serial. I used ZTerm on a Power Macintosh > and a modem cable to connect to Serial A on the SS5: 9600, non-parity, > but nothing appeared on the console as I booted the sun... I have managed to console my IPC to my winblows peecee (db9 -> mac serial -> IPC) and didn't have a problem. It may be in the prom that serial console is disabled. > Any ideas what to try. I also tried STOP-A and cntrl-c to break into > the OpenBoot promt with no luck. Try here for information, I found this page (and it's resources) invaluable in learning about the Sun's arch: http://www.obsolyte.com/ Also google can by your friend :) > Thanks, > > Paul Lorah > Regards, William
