problem in starting up sun blade 1000
Dear all,
I bought a new harddrive of 73g for sun blade 1000 and when I start up it I get something like that:
boot device: disk file and args:
the file just loaded does not appear to be executable
{0} ok
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According to the first displayon the screen, the keyboard is present but I can do anything with it .... Even I tried other keyboards that work well on windows but on sun no reaction at all.
Can someone help and tell me how I can solve this problem?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help,
[552 byte] By [
apollo135a] at [2007-11-27 7:45:23]
# 1
Are you trying to use this new disk as the boot disk (without installing Solaris in advance !) ?
Is the disk seen with probe-scsi-all (this works for FC-AL disks too) ?
According to the first displayon the screen, the keyboard is present but I can do anything with it .... Even I tried other keyboards that work well on windows but on sun no reaction at all.
Is this a Sun USB keyboard ?
Michael
# 2
Hi,thanks Micheal for your reply.Yes! the disk is FC-AL and new (it does contain anything)For keyboard, I tried both (usb and PS/2 using adapter as it supports usb)Is it a problem with keyboard?Thanks for your help
# 4
thanks for your reply
No I don't espect to boot from an empty disk but I can't write anything to boot from CD or DVD ....
And I can't boot from a serial console as the machine is at my place and it's the only sun machine i have got ......
Actually you suggested to install solaris from a console .... can you please explain more in how ........
Yeh! the keyboards I tried are not sun type but the usb one is compatible even with mac... Do you think the problem is with the keyboard? if yes, I will have a serious problem because i am trying to use KVM switch ...
Thanks for your reply and help
Message was edited by:
apollo135
# 5
Do you think the problem is with the keyboard? if yes, I will have a serious problem because i am trying to use KVM switch ...
Indeed. There are only few, if any KVMs that work with a Sun. The Sun USB keyboard reports the locale (key mapping), your MAC or PC keyboard won't .
This is a link to the Blade 1000 page in the Sun System Handbook.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SunBlade1000/SunBlade1000.html
I would recommend that you get and read the Sun Blade 1000 Service Manual (Part No. 805-4496).
Actually you suggested to boot a console .... can you please explain more in how ........
Use a null-modem cable and terminal emulation on your MAC or PC and attach to the serial port A ("console port").
Michael
