From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "William \(BT\) Griffin" Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:30:38 +0000 Subject: RE: Installing Linux on a E250 with serial console: cannot get the boot prompt Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org do you have the telnet card in the machine? and if its configured you wont get anything from the serial connection in normal power-on mode. I had this problem and just removed the card and then I had serial output. William -----Original Message----- From: ultralinux-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:ultralinux-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of Stephane Bortzmeyer Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 12:39 AM To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Installing Linux on a E250 with serial console: cannot get the boot prompt 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ultralinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html