From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 10:49:58 -0400 From: Steve_Kilbane Steve_Kilbane@cegelecproj.co.uk Subject: file-server setup. --> Sun config stuff.. Topicbox-Message-UUID: 210fd088-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <19950906144958._CXFEn7bg6oluZncYV3WkAFz3xN25uOlf7hvTYPvtl8@z> In article <42iefg$gj3@hptemp1.cc.umr.edu>, johns@cs.umr.EDU (John Stone) writes: > In article <9509051015.AA15050@phantom.cegelecproj.co.uk>, > Steve_Kilbane <9fans@cse.psu.edu> wrote: > >A more extreme method was to try installing the CD directly to a Sun running > >/sparc/9ssfs. However, after that kernel loads via tftp, it doesn't do > >anything. I'd expected the config: prompt, but it appears to have hung. ^T^Tr > >and L1-A don't do anything. This was a surprise, because 9ss and 9sscd both > >work. > First, you need to be running an SS2, IPX, or one of the other SS2-like > Sun4C machines. Yep. it's an SS2, with 64MB. > That said, I think I know of one thing to check: > > Does your SS2/IPX/...'s disk spin up at power on, or at scsi "start"? As far as I know. Also, I've tried: - booting as you suggest - booting from a power reset - booting straight after halting SunOS with no apparent differences in results. > If anyone else has explainations for the SCSI and lance errors, let me > know.. I haven't seen any errors at all. It finishes downloading the kernel, and That's All She Wrote. :-( steve -- ISPs are responsible for maintaining the Information Superhighway. They are not responsible for how you drive. #include