Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:28:43 -0500 From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> To: m <m@telerama.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation problem on Sun E450 Message-ID: <20050211052843.GA20772@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> In-Reply-To: <BE3156A3.CD73%m@telerama.com> References: <BE3156A3.CD73%m@telerama.com>
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On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 06:21:23PM -0500, m wrote: > I just picked up a Sun E450, and I'm having installation problems. > > After I get the system banner and the "OK" prompt, I type "boot cdrom", and > get the following: > > Initializing Memory > Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@2/disk@6,0:f File and args: > > > The cdr DOES spin up, then the system totally freezes. > > I had thought I needed perhaps to have a serial console attached, in > addition to the keyboard/monitor, but that does not seem to make a > difference; nothing comes across on the serial terminal either. > > Any help would be MOST appreciated. If anyone needs more info regarding > this, just ask & I will provide! Try it without the keyboard attached at all. -- Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel |
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