RESOLUTION: E450 - hangs when booting without keyboard and monito r

Thanks for all the responses especially Marek for directing me to the
correct solution from Sun.

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-25-73377-1

It was an OBP setting, but not the output-device and input-device the
majority of people suggested.  Even if these are set to screen and keyboard,
respectively, the server will still default to ttya for input and/or output
if they are not detected.  The E450 server will boot without a monitor and
keyboard with all the default OBP and kbd settings.  My problem was that the
value OBP ttya-ignore-cd had been changed from true (default) to false.
Once this was reset to true the sever boots fine with neither a monitor nor
keyboard connected even with output-device=monitor and
input-device=keyboard.  Also, I am able to connect and disconnect from the
console at any point using a proper terminal emulator and cable connected to
ttya.  I use the serial port on my laptop, a null modem cable, and
SecureCRT.



-----Original Message-----
From: Marek Antozi [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 6:00 AM
To: Steiner, Jason (OCFO)
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: E450 - hangs when booting without keyboard and monitor

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Hello Jason.

Maybe document at
"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-25-73377-1" will help
you. It is called "Server without a keyboard hangs in boot process".

Next time before mailing to mailing list use "http://sunsolve.sun.com/".

Regards.

- -Marek Antozi
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