On Fri Jan 16 2009 15:05:39 MT Morales wrote: > On some Sun systems you could get locked out of console if the RSC is > already the default serial (or IP based) console, and if the RSC admin > account is unknown, you may even have to reset the RSC using the switches > on the card itself. If it's not too much of a hazzle, I'd put the card > back in and verify the RSC settings from the OS (assuming you have access > to it when you boot it up all the way).
There is no OS. There are no drives. I'm attempting to boot to cdrom. As of now, I cannot manage to get a working kernel. Every version and configuration I've tried from 2.6.25 through yesterday's sparc-linux git repo hangs at some point in the kernel initialization. > If IP (static or dhcp) is not set on the RSC, then you should try setting > your serial session through the RSC port. Obviously if the right speed or > control bits are not used, you may be unable to get any output at all. I'd > check the specific serial settings for that v880 model standard serial > port, and RSC. I have never tried to use the RSC card. I have successfully used the ttya port, and printenv shows sane settings for both current and default serial settings. Maybe there's some obp var that I'm missing, I went through the entire manual and looked at each one that seemed like it might be relevant. Is there a way to change the "default" value of obp vars? Or are they really hard-coded? I have yet to successfully boot outside of diagnostic mode. I can power-on to diagnostic mode, (wait for the tests to finish), then: ok: boot cdrom at which point it reboots, skips the tests, then boots the cd. But, if I power up in normal mode, it gets to the ok: but does not accept any input at that point--I presume the console has been redirected to never-never land. Why would it redirect the console at that point--right after it prints the prompt? Makes no sense to me. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
