sun ultra2 won't boot obp anymore...

John-Mark Gurney gurney_j at resnet.uoregon.edu
Sat Feb 19 18:53:58 GMT 2005


Thomas Zenner wrote this message on Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 14:30 +0100:
> I tried your miniinstall-cd "freebsd for sparc" image on my sun ultra2 - two days ago
> 
> I hat some problems in underständing the installation prozess
> 
> May be I used s. th. false - on the first screen - 
> 
> I wasn't able to get trough - nor to get back -
> 
> Finally, I switched off the computer.
> 
> Now it isn't able to load the Open Boot Promt anymore - the monitor stays black (won't start )
> 
> I don't know what to do by now - do you have any idea...

Maybe your keyboard died on you...  And now it is switching to serial
console since it isn't detecting a working keyboard...  Try another
keyboard, or hook it up to a serial port and see what happens..

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