This is a discussion on Re: No boot up messages, no ok prompt within the Sun Solaris Administration forums, part of the Solaris Operating System category; --> mike@mittelman.net (Mike) writes: >Has anyone ever seen this: > >I am working on an Ultra80. With a valid boot ...
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| mike@mittelman.net (Mike) writes: >Has anyone ever seen this: > >I am working on an Ultra80. With a valid boot disk, the system boots >up to the CDE login screen fine, but does not display any boot up >messages...the screen is black until the CDE login appears. > >With no disk present, the system powers on, but I get nothing on the >monitor. I thought that maybe the system was booting to the ok prompt >just not displaying anything...so I left the system alone for a while, >inserted the solaris install cd and typed boot cdrom. The system did >not respond. I only have one valid boot drive and I do not have any >user account/passwd on it.... > > >What can I do? Have you tried plugging a serial terminal into Serial A and booting with and without a keyboard? You *do* have a keyboard? Without it, or if the system cannot "see" it, all the bootloader output goes out the serial interface. -- "The road to Paradise is through Intercourse." The uk.transport FAQ; http://www.huge.org.uk/transport/FAQ.html [email me at huge [at] huge [dot] org [dot] uk] |