Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:50 +0200 From: Joerg Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sunfire v440 Message-ID: <20130520181850.GM25595@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <519A6226.9080803@gmail.com> References: <51993E1C.4050301@gmail.com> <20130519211718.GK25595@uriah.heep.sax.de> <519A5BFE.9090802@gmail.com> <CAE1nPe8QXiJXNsToGbnqAGBe_=j-eM6t_LP=wDTG6iU-xY9Wmg@mail.gmail.com> <519A6226.9080803@gmail.com>
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As Riccardo Veraldi wrote:
> the LOM is another layer before this ?
LOM is the "lights out monitor", a device that is already active
during standby, and is able to poweron/poweroff the machine remotely.
It operates on the standard console serial port, alternatively with
the normal system console. ("console" in LOM enters sytem console
mode, "#." goes back to LOM.)
On the SunFire machines, the old LOM has been implemented as ALOM
(advanced lights out monitor), which takes longer to boot :), and
offers some more features like network access. It requires a password
to be accessed, and the password policy is very strict. If the
password is not known, the only way to set it to a known value is
through a Solaris command.
I don't think you can enter a kernel name at the (A)LOM level. Even
on the OBP prompt, the name of the kernel to enter is IMHO not being
propagated into FreeBSD's boot environment.
I didn't have trouble booting a FreeBSD CD-ROM on my SunFire V210,
but offhand, I can't tell which exact version I have been using to
install the machine.
--
cheers, Joerg .-.-. --... ...-- -.. . DL8DTL
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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