[SunRescue] 386i/250 booting

[sac65531 at saclink.csus.edu]

hi thanks...

i have peeked into the FAQ and i am a little flustered to say the least. 
let me start by saying (if it is not already clearly evident) that i am 
*not* by any stretch of the term "knowledgable" about 
unix/solaris/sun systems. that being my whining disclaimer...

i am not getting what i have read or been told by others to be the 

"prom prompt"  not the "OK prompt".

the screen comes up with the progress bar, and the first thing to 
come up is the "Auto-boot in progress " followed by "sd (0,2,0)".

i take this to mean that it is auto-booting from the hd and that being 
the case i am too late in the process to perform a single user boot.

i am wondering how to stop it from auto-booting... or do i need to 
pop the hood, swap some jumpers...???

lost,
carl


From:           	Gregory Leblanc <GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu>
To:             	"'rescue at sunhelp.org'" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject:        	RE: [SunRescue] 386i/250 booting
Date sent:      	Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:40:17 -0800
Send reply to:  	rescue at sunhelp.org

> Try booting into single user mode (boot -s).  If you read the Solaris2
> FAQ, there's a file that you can "touch", IIRC, that will let you go
> through and re-configure just about everything.  I just can't remember the
> file/command to do that.  It IS in the FAQ, though.
>  Greg
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sac65531 at saclink.csus.edu [mailto:sac65531 at saclink.csus.edu]
> > Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 11:20 AM
> > To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> > Subject: [SunRescue] 386i/250 booting
> > 
> > 
> > the machine seems to start fine, but when it attempts to start 
> > services it stops with these messages:
> > 
> > ie0: problem with network connection. Check cables and tranceivers.
> > 
> > yp: server not responding for domain "olympus"; still trying.
> > 
> > this machine was previously attached to a network and no doubt it is
> > looking for it. i want to set it up as a stand alone for now... but i
> > don't know how to get into it to change the settings.
> > 
> > i am also wondering if this might be evidence of the dreaded 
> > NVRAM failure i have read about in some other threads.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > carl
> > 
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