From: nikul123@optonline.net
Date: Mon Nov 03 2003 - 20:55:42 EST
I used <cntrl> <pause> which sent brak and brought the system to OK prom.
Then next time around I chose Dec vt100 terminal and I was able to install OS from terminal.
Then I installed video card drivers with SUN USB keyboard plugged in and it worked!
----- Original Message -----
From: Rongsheng Fang <rfang@cs.gmu.edu>
Date: Monday, November 3, 2003 2:50 pm
Subject: V240 and monitor problem [Sun Managers]
> Hi,
>
> I saw a post you sent to the sunmanagers list on Oct 10, 2003:
>
> ===================================================================================
> Hello
>
> New v240 came without video card so we installed appropriate PCI
> video
> card and started the system. System boots from disk and does not
> recognize
> video card probably becase we have not installed drivers for it yet.
> We connected Hyperterminal to serial management port and saw the
> system
> sitting at language configuration menu. We went on till the point
> where
> it asked to identify terminal and by mistake we selected some
> terminal
> which it is not happy with. The configuration menu is all screwed
> up
> and we see press esc-2 to continue and cursor is now all over the
> place.
> We can not continue configuring this system anymore. Everytime we
> reconnect or power cycle (because there is no stop-A sequence on
> the
> keyboard) we end up at the menu where it asks for IP address but
> again
> cursor and text is all over the place. We started in diagnostic
> mode
> and it wants to boot from net and gives ARP/RARP errors because
> network
> card is not configured yet.
> How do I get in to this system and get back to menu where it asks
> for
> terminal via Hyperterminal? How do I use stop-A to boot from
> CDROM where
> hopefully it will ask for terminal? We need to get in to system
> to install
> video card drivers for monitor to work. How do I make it forget
> the setting
> it picked initially when we booted from disk first time? Any help
> is appreciated.
> ===================================================================================
>
> We are having the same problem (messy terminal) with our V240.
> Have you
> solved this problem so far? If so, could you please share with me
> your
> solution?
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Rongsheng
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