[Sunhelp] OS Install

[Nabeel Ahmed]

This is an old box, and the disk I have has been borrowed from another
machine and I need to do a fresh install on this disk. The box doesnt have a
CD-ROM drive either nor a FDD. What do you suggest?


----- Original Message -----
From: Jarrett Carver <solarboyz1 at hotmail.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] OS Install


> try `boot Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma at f,400000/esp at f,800000/sd at 2`
> It appears that your disk is in target 2 and your system by default boots
> off of target 3.
>
> You can't format from the OK prompt, When you are at the OK prompt you are
> in OpenBoot, closest thing I think to compare would be a PC's bios. You
need
> to boot up to the OS and then you will have the `format` command
available.
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Nabeel Ahmed" <nahmed at infoboard.com>
> Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> To: "SunHelp" <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: [Sunhelp] OS Install
> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 12:37:48 -0400
>
> When I try to start up my Sparc Box, I get the following error message, I
am
> logged onto it via hyperterminal.
>
> "
> Can't open input device.
> Keyboard not present.  Using tty for input and output.
>
> SPARCstation 10  (1 X 390Z55), No Keyboard
> ROM Rev. 2.12, 128 MB memory installed, Serial #3256684.
> Ethernet address 8:0:20:1d:43:6d, Host ID: 7231b16c.
>
>
> ,0   File and
> args:
> SCSI device 3,0 is not responding
> Can't open boot device
>
> Type  help  for more information
> ok
> "
> When I give a probe-scsi-all I get
> "
> ok  probe-scsi-all
> /iommu at f,e0000000/sbus at f,e0001000/espdma at f,400000/esp at f,800000
> Target 2
>    Unit 0   Disk     DEC     RZ29B    (C) DEC0007
>
> ok
> "
> Any ideas what does it mean and what I can do to install the OS on this
> machine.
> Also, I have another HDD which already has an OS installation on it,  but
I
> want to clean out that disk and reinstall OS, any commands like format?
avbl
> from the ok prompt?
>
> Regards,
> Nabeel
>
>
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