Floppy Install Problem on SS10
Hi Guys (and Gals)...
I'm having some problems installing debian 3.0 onto an SS10 (128Mb
RAM, 2xSM51, 4Gb HDD, Quad Ethernet card, SunGX). I don't have a Sun
keyboard or monitor so all interaction with the system is via my laptop on
the serial port.
Basically, the machine boots off a rescue floppy quite happily and gets as
far as asking for the root floppy, telling me to press return when I've
inserted the disc. The problem is that it doesn't respond to me pressing
return, in fact the only thing it *does* seem to respond to is ctrl-break
which brings up the boot-prom <ok> prompt, obviously.
I'm guessing that the system is expecting it's input to come from the
keyboard rather than a tty once the kernel is booted and that's why it's
not responding, so the question is: how do I get it to listen to the tty
instead for the course of the install (obviously I can telnet/ssh into it
once it's installed).
Btw I've previously installed and run RH6.2 on this system with problems
whatsoever so I'm reasonably sure that the hardware is sound.
Cheers in advance for any advice given...
Gary Parker
Systems Engineer
NCC - Education IT
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