From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 10 07:55:02 2005 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCE9216A4CE for <freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org>; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:55:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A231D43D1F for <freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org>; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:55:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 935C572DD4; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:55:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E0EA72DCB; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:55:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:55:02 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino@speakeasy.net> In-Reply-To: <4229781B.1040609@speakeasy.net> Message-ID: <20050309235118.I53915@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <4229608E.3040903@speakeasy.net> <20050305000429.A4084@carver.gumbysoft.com> <4229781B.1040609@speakeasy.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Terminal question for U5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc <freebsd-sparc64.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64>, <mailto:freebsd-sparc64-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sparc64> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-sparc64-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64>, <mailto:freebsd-sparc64-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:55:02 -0000 On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, Phil Stracchino wrote: > Doug White wrote: > > On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Phil Stracchino wrote: > > > > > >>I hope this is a quickie question: What can I do to get a usable > >>terminal for sysinstall on a Sun Ultra5, using the default built-in > >>framebuffer attached to a Sun 365-1343 17" color monitor? I have a > >>perfectly good FreeBSD 5.3 sparc64 CD here which I can't install from > >>because I can't see what I'm doing in sysinstall, because all the > >>available terminal types appear to assume my screen is 80x25. > > > > > > Use a serial console. Plug in a null-modem cable into the serial port, > > connect the other end to a system of choice, and unplug the sun keyboard > > from the U5. Fire up a terminal emulator on the other system. Boot the U5 > > from CD and follow the prompts. If you have another FreeBSD or Linux > > machine you can typically get the color menus to work :) > > Thanks. I suspected something like that might be the case. > Unfortunately, I don't have a working serial-console cable here with me. A decent null modem cable, or parts to make one, should be US$10-$20 at any computer shop. An essential part of any sysadmin's toolkit. I have one with 9 and 25-pin plugs on both ends, and a male-male gender changer to plug into Suns. I've had it for well over 10 years. > > Note that you can't run X on the builtin display anyway so unless you > > particularly like the slow OBP console you'll want to use some other > > method of communication. > > Well, I was figuring the box would run headless. It's tasked to be a > nameserver and not much else at present. But by the sound of things, > unless I can come up with a working serial console cable, I may have to > rethink what to put on it. Solaris still works and is a free download for personal use. :) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org