I'm guessing that if you were able to type in "printenv" at the ok prompt then you'd verify where the console is redirected to(i.e. output-device and input-device variables). Since that is not possible, I'd put the RSC card back in, cause what you describe is typical of an RSC redirection.
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Nicholas Leippe <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
