[SunHELP] booting a Enterprise 3500

Edward Chase echase at postoffice.providence.edu
Wed Feb 27 12:06:20 CST 2002


Nothing...  Just a blinking wrench (middle LED).

I also just noticed the same blinking wrench on the IO card(?).  The one 
that has the serial ports and keyboard connector.



At 11:06 AM 2/27/2002 -0500, Dale Ghent wrote:
A keyboard does not have to be attached. It's not an error if it's not
there.

Do you connect the laptop to ttya, then turn on the system via the key in
the front? When you turn it on, you should see "Hardware PowerON"
displayed.

Also, whenyou turn the key on, turn it to diag mode.

/dale


>On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Edward Chase wrote:
>
>| No, I was not able to get anything over the Hyperterminal session.
>|
>| Stupid question coming...  Does the keyboard and mouse need to be
>| attached?  When attempting to use the serial connection, I did not have the
>| keyboard and mouse attached to the machine.  You would think that you'd be
>| able to see a keyboard error if that's the case...

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