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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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