Re: Bring Out Yer' Dead... Dead Sparcs That Is.

["Cory Snavely" <csnavely@umich.edu>]

Check your keyboard connections, both at the motherboard and at the
keyboard. If the keyboard is connected, you should hear a beep (from the
keyboard) at power-on.

It is possible that's what's causing it not to boot is that it's in diag
mode. Without console output from the PROM, you're not going to be able to
determine that or change it.

If your keyboard connections can't be fixed, and you really can't find
another type-4 or type-5 keyboard, then you may want to unplug that entirely
and go with the serial port. If you can get the PROM prompt, and if my guess
is correct that it's in diag mode, then the commands you want are

  setenv diag-mode? false
  reset

Good luck!

p.s. I don't want to go on the cart!