[Sunhelp] Ouput to TTYA

Gregory Leblanc gleblanc at cu-portland.edu
Fri Dec 3 12:55:45 CST 1999


Jarrett Carver wrote:
> 
>         Does anyone know how to set SUNs (Ultra2, 30, and 60) to always output to
> the ttya as well as the monitor (if the keyboard is plugged in). I have set
> them all in the sacadm and pmadm the problem is that only works after the
> system has booted.
> 
>         We have several systems in our racks that are connected to monitors and
> keyboards on the floor (several rooms away). I want to be able to reboot the
> system and monitor bootup via the TTYA port AND have the output go to the
> monitor so that I  am not stuck booting it without the keyboard for me to
> see, then rebooting with the keyboard to keep it running.

I would think that you could set this in the prom, but I haven't looked
at the output settings in a while.  I thought I remembered seeing a way
to set it to output to "both" or something like that, but I can't check
right now.  
	Greg






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