[SunHELP] SS5 Booting Problem

[Thomas Cameron]

Shawn -

Is there a keyboard attached?

If not, you need to use a terminal software package and a serial cable 
(null-modem, maybe?) to connect to the machine via the serial port. 
Then your console will be available via the serial port instead of the 
monitor.
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Shawn Wallbridge wrote:

> Hi, I am having problems with a SS5 booting. When I fire it up I get
> this....
> 
> 
> 	SPARCstation 5, No Keyboard
> 	ROM Rev. 2.15, 32 MB memory installed, Serial #8149727.
> 	Ethernet address 8:0:20:7c:5a:df, Host ID: 807c5adf.
> 
> 	Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma at 5,8400000/esp at 5,8800000/sd at 6,0:d  File and
> args:
> 
> I waited for over 15 minutes for anything else (like an ok prompt). Any idea
> where I can figure out what is wrong.
> 
> The machine has a HD, CD-Rom and a floppy. Ideally I would like to install
> Solaris or Debian and use it as a workstation.
> 
> shawn
> 
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