RE: Silliness with Serial Console
"Zach Lowry" <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I con't seem to find a clear, concise reference on which LED is which. The one on my Box that lights up is the one closest to the Keyboard connector, is that 7 or 0? If it's 7, then I guess it just means error found... but if it's 0 it means the PROM CHECKSUM thing. Thanks! Zach Lowry || Murfreesboro, TN || www.zachlowry.net Linux / *BSD / Irix / Solaris / Apple / Unix Network Administration Registered Linux User #264589 14 Different NetBSD-Supported Machines > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Izumi Tsutsui > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 1:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Silliness with Serial Console > > > In article <[email protected]> > [email protected] wrote: > > > Hrm... So, what is a possible course of action? Should I > > investigate getting a new PROM? Is there a good source of > > troubleshooting info for Sun3's that I'm missing? > > What error did you actually get? > If you got error during PROM check sum test, it might be worth > to replace PROM. But if there is some actual hardware problem, > I'm afraid it isn't easy to fix. > > > Also, How long does it take to perform these tests? Maybe I'm not > > giving it long enough, it hangs at that test for about a minute. > > IIRC, actually the DIAG tests will take about a minite. > (I didn't try it with serial console, though) > > > shouldn't I still get at least some output on the serial line? > > Something that says "Hey, this test failed" like I believe Sun4's > > do? > > The SUN hardware reference > http://www.sunhelp.org/faq/sunref3.html > says "self-test messages are sent to serial port A" (in 501-1205 > entry): > > > If you want the machine to boot normally, set the diagnostics > > switch to "NORM". If you want extended diagnostics when you > > power up the system, set the switch to the "DIAG" position. If > > the switch is set to "DIAG", power-on self-test messages are > > sent to serial port A at 9600 bps, 8 data bits, one stop bit, no > > parity, and XON/XOFF flow control. > > --- > Izumi Tsutsui > [email protected] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.0.4 iQA/AwUBPnzBWIHWQmQc5olOEQKaZgCgjirTSXAXlIJDk4OfxawmjWivOzcAn33l JAogM0oi8PVMVNB2QLOL1Tlh =IvBq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----