From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephane Bortzmeyer Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 05:50:50 +0000 Subject: Installing Linux on a E250 with serial console: cannot get the boot prompt Message-Id: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org Hello, everybody, I try to boot a Sun E250 which has no monitor or keyboard. Following the instructions in the UltraLinux FAQ , I configured a PC with FreeBSD and minicom to act as the serial console. (I also tried minicom on a RedHat, without more success.) When I power on the machine in the Diagnostics position, I see the boot messages. So my cables and emulator are OK. But sending Break with Ctrl-A F does not seem to have any result: I cannot get the boot prompt (ok). When I power on the machine in Power-On mode, I get nothing on the screen, not one message. Last screen of messages in Diagnostics mode (after that, nothing moves): Primary I/O probing Probing /pci@1f,4000 at Device 1 network Probing /pci@1f,4000 at Device 3 scsi disk tape scsi disk tape Probing /pci@1f,4000 at Device 2 Nothing there Probing /pci@1f,4000 at Device 4 Nothing there Probing /pci@1f,4000 at Device 5 Nothing there Probing /pci@1f,2000 at Device 0 This slot excluded from probing... Probing /pci@1f,2000 at Device 1 Nothing there Probing /pci@1f,2000 at Device 2 Nothing there Probing /pci@1f,2000 at Device 3 Nothing there Probing /pci@1f,2000 at Device 4 Nothing there Probing /pci@1f,2000 at Device 5 Nothing there