FreeBSD 6.2 hangs on Sun Ultra 80

[Gilles Celli]

Ok thanks, I am a little late for the reply, but I will try that  
ASAP :-)

cheers,
gilles

On Feb 8, 2007, at 10:54 AM, David Barbero wrote:

> Gilles Celli <gilles.celli at ecgs.lu> ha escrito:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried to install FreeBSD 6.2 via CD-ROM on a SUN Ultra 80 (2x
>> Ultrasparc-II at 450MHz / OpenBoot 3.23 / 1.2GB RAM) with Raptor GFX
>> graphics-card,
>> monitor and keyboard.
>>
>> After booting from the CD, it hangs with the following message:
>> * Nothing to autoload yet
>> * Jumping to kernel entry at 0xc0060000
>>
>> and then hangs :-(
>
> This errors are caused with a not supported graphics card, i have  
> the same problem with a enterprise 450.
>
>> Could it be due to the graphics-card ? Any work-around?
>>
>> I've also read that you can boot in serial console mode...
>> But how do I do that ?
>>
>> Any suggestions greatly appreciated,
>
> Yes, you can boot whit serial console, it's simple, disconect your  
> keyboard and monitor on your SUN, and connect a serial cable to  
> other machine, the Sun hardware when not detecting keyboard or  
> video, it uses by defect the serial port to have control on the  
> machine, in the other machine you need run a minicom or if you use  
> Windos, hyperterminal.
>
> More info in:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/term.html
>
> Regards.
>
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