[SunHELP] Re: No OK Prom on Netra T1 (105)

Peter Stokes peter at ashlyn.co.uk
Tue Sep 2 04:39:49 CDT 2003


Hi

The LOM is sepratae from the main system board, so even with it working
the main board could be dead and you will get no output. I would suspect
the mainboard. Try removing the memory and see if that gives you a
response.

Peter


On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 09:03, Stefan Auweiler wrote:
> All,
> 
> I got two hints so far:
> 
> Thanks to Glenn
> 1. In HyperTerminal 9600/8/n/1 hitting ctrl+break continously after the
> initial bootmessage.
> -- but there is no initial bootmessage. The only thing I can get is a cursor
> blinking in the line after 'LOM Event: power on'. I also tried to break
> using Alt-B in TerraTerm... Nothing.
> 
> Thanks to Anthony
> 2. telling LOM 'bootmode forth' or 'bootmode reset_nvram'
> -- but 'bootmode' seems not to be a valid LOM command in the T1 105. Also, I
> can only enter 13 characters for a command.
> 
> 
> Regards
> Stefan Auweiler
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > All,
> >
> > I can not get to the OK Prom on my Netra T1 105.
> >
> > What I do have:
> > - Sun Netra T1 105, 18 GB, 128 MB, CD
> > - no idea what's on the 18GB Disk, and it's all the same to me
> > - a working serial link from the A/LOM Port to my PC
> > - HyperTerminal, TerraTerm
> > - LOM Version 2.1
> > - LOM Build Aug 6 1999 09:46:27
> > - The Solaris 9 CD set
> > - AC connection
> > - a Problem
> >
> > The Problem:
> > Connecting the Netra T1 105 to my PC using TerraTerm, I can
> > see the lom> prom and I can use all commands out of the
> > 'help' list. I can 'poweron' and 'poweroff' the system or
> > 'reset' it. After 'poweron' I do get the 'Lom event: Power
> > on' but not more. No POST or boot messages, no feedback on
> > BREAK (alt-B in TerraTerm). I can switch back to lom> using
> > '#.' and forward using 'console'. It simply looks like there
> > is no OpenBoot.
> >
> > My Questions:
> > - How can I get this box alive?
> > - Is it possible to set the system to not show the console to
> > a/LOM? If so, how can I revert this?
> > - Is there anything to reset the system completely? (like a
> > jumper in a pc to forget the setup?)
> > - How would I see the systems state during the boot, using some LEDs?
> > - can I bring OpenBoot on the system in this state?
> > - is there any kind of 'delete me completely' CD available
> > which will be booted without user's interaction?
> >
> > Each idea is welcome.
> >
> >
> > regards
> > Stefan Auweiler
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