[SunHELP] nvram stupidity

[Peter Stokes]

Hi

When you replace the NVRAM on the SS2 with a blank one the system should
eventually come back to you even if you are using the Sun keyboard &
monitor. I would recommend using a serial console (disconnect the Sun
keyboard) and you will see all of the tests and it should report NVRAM
checksum error etc.

After this you should get to the ok prompt and then you will have to
initialise the NVRAM with some parameters before the system has an ethernet
and id and recognises it as a valid nvram.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of fsol2001
Sent: 28 June 2001 00:55
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: [SunHELP] nvram stupidity


hello there ....

I'm wondering if someone can assist with a SparcStation2 problem.
Is it possible to install solaris using a terminal ?

I have a SparcStation2 whose nvram chip went faulty. I replaced it
and stupidly forgot to record the nvram settings before i started.
Now when i power it, it reports to a terminal that i have connected
that it cannot detect the keyboard type, and then sometime later
cannot read from boot device.
I have tried typing boot cdrom and probe-scsi, two popular commands,
but they have no effect as i am not at a command prompt.

Do i need to connect a proper sun keyboard and monitor in order to
reset the nvram settings. Having set them, can i then go back to the
terminal for the solaris installation session

As always, any advice is gratefully recieved

Thanks

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