Boot a Sun SPARCstation 5 without monitor or keyboard

From: Benoit Audet (baudet@atmosphair.com)
Date: Wed Oct 30 2002 - 19:20:34 EST


Hi Managers,

I have a strange problem here, and I'm guessing there's something tricky
there related to the fact that I'm trying to do something on a SPARCstation 5.

I'm trying to boot up the machine through its serial port. The cables are
in place, witha null modem, and everything goes very well through the boot
process. When the system is up, the login prompt turns suddenly to strange
characters, and I'm not able to do anything else.

If I reboot the machine and send the BREAK signal, I can interact perfectly
with the machine, I can boot in the single user mode and I can log as
well. But I'm unable to do so in a normal boot process (init 3).

Anyone have a workaround or an idea? Of course, will summarise.

Thanks!
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