Thanks to:
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David.Anthony [David.Anthony@comcare.gov.au]
Stephen Harris [sweh@mpn.com]
ganeshan [ganeshan@gcs.com.au]
The problem actually turned out to be an unusally faulty cable; it
seems to be a faulty pin, which allowed me to see output, but not send.
I got a new cable, and everything is fine.
My Original Post:
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Hi,
We have a SPARC5 with Sun0S 4.1.4.
The system has recently been relocated, and it's Graphics console and
keyboard
are MIA. I'm trying to get the system runing off a dumb terminal (VT510).
The problem I have is when I plug the terminal in serial A, I get the self
tests
and banner, but that's it. I don't get a login prompt, or see the OS boot.
I've
tried a couple power cycles, with no effect (and I'm trying not to
completely
stuff up the filesystems).
I can't do a Stop-A obviously, I've tried BREAK, CTRL-C with no success. It
is as
if it is looking for a graphics console, which isn't there. All the manuals
say to set
the input and output to ttya, however I can't get to the ok? prompt as the
system is auto-booting.
How can I get the system to recognise the new console?
Thanks in advance,
Gunther
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