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Kralizec Craig wrote:
> "Tim Warnock" <timoid@nospam.getonit.net.au> writes:
>
> >i recently got an E250 server to play with, but wasnt aware that i needed a
> >special keyboard/mouse and screen.
>
> Yes you need a Sun keyboard and mouse if you want to use a local console
> device on the machine.
>
> The other alternative is just use a serial terminal or another machine
> running a terminal emulator. Use a standard 9600 bps configuration and
> connect the serial terminal or other device to serial port A.
>
> When the OBP firmware sees there is no Sun keyboard connected it will
> default to use the serial port as the console device.
>
> This is also very useful for diagnostic purposes since you can set the
> machine to diagnostic boot mode and a terminal connected to serial port A
> will receive and display all the hardware diag messages as the OBP firmware
> runs the power-on self-tests.
>

ok i get stuff on the console on serial port A. The box also has an rsc
card that no-one knows the password to.

how can i get into the open firmware from the console, is there a
command i can send? i want to tell it to boot from a cd.

> Regards,
>
> Craig.
>
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