marco wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> maybe someone else cn help me with my problem:
>
> i have to learn Solaris so i bought a 10 years old Ultra60 sun
> workstation. But this workstation does not boot.
>
> I have no monitor attached, but a VT100 Terminal on Serial A Slot and
> the original keyboard and mouse. What happens is:
>
> - workstation beeps
> - Keyboard lights are flashing
> - CDRom Drive is flickering and this does not stop
> - nothing else happens
>
> the CDRom drive flickers on and on, but i cannot open the CD tray to
> insert a boot CDRom.
>
> The system seems to have "nothing" on the 9GB HDD drive the seller
> told me.
>
> Configuration:
> - Ultra 60
> - 9 GB HDD
> - 512 MB RAM
> - 24x CDROM
> - no Floppy
> - no Monitor
>
> Has anybody an idea what is wrong here? Maybe something with my VT100
> Terminal (PC with Hyperterm and RS232 Cable) and therefore the sun
> waits for a terminal?
>
> Thanks for any idea!
>
> Best Regards,
> Marco.aå
>

Also, a null modem RS232 cable is required, or a null modem adapter
applied to the end of your RS232 cable.

--
M. Baker