Re: Fw: ss1+ via serial port or monitor not working
At 18:28 2/18/98 -0500, Justin Maurer <mike911@clark.net> wrote:
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Justin Maurer <mike911@clark.net>
>To: sparc-list@redhat.com <sparc-list@redhat.com>
>Date: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 6:27 PM
>Subject: ss1+ via serial port or monitor not working
>
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>>I have a ram-less, hard drive-less sparcstation 1+ here, and i'm having
>>trouble getting anywhere.
>>
>>with a monitor:
>>When i first turn on the machine, the keyboard lights blink for a split
>>second as they should, but won't light up after that *split* second, which
>i
>>haven't seen a sparc ever NOT do. nothing comes up on the monitor - it
>>remains black.
>>
>>without a keyboard/monitor:
>>i've tested it on two boxes with win95 hyperterminal (no jokes, please ;).
>>the terminal program says it is 'connected', but i can't do anything.no
>>output comes out onto the terminal, and i can't send any input to the
>>machine.
>>
>>possible reasons:
>>1) the cg3 is fried - that wouldn't do anything to me booting over the
>>serial port, would it?
>>2) the lack of ram and hard drive is causing the sparc not to get anywhere
>>*even anywhere in the boot prom*. i am not a sun guru (expert maybe, guru
>no
>>;)
>>
>>thanks in advance,
Hmmmm,
Seems to me that the prom needs some memory to work. I'm not sure but I
don't think there is any other ram in a 1+ for scratch etc. I have a 1+ at
my disposal, so will try and find the minimal amount of memory to make it
work. Once you have some ram you should be able to use the prom stuff to
make anything else that you have work. The prom can access all of the
attached equipment; SCSI, Ethernet, Floppy, HDD what have you. You should
be able to boot off of any of them.
I first got my Sparc2 to boot from the network, and managed to get Sparc
Linux going that way with RedHat 3.03. Later I added a Disk Drive, and a
(Bootable) CD Drive. I have also installed RH4.1 to a ZIP disk formatted
as a SUN HDD.
Bill Edwards
bedwards@trytel.com
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