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My Sun SPARC has no keyboard and no video monitor? How do I install Solaris?
If there is no video adapter, you have a "headless" system. As long as you
have a terminal device (ie. WYSE terminal, VT-100, a serial connection to
another CPU, etc.) attached to PORT A (the first serial port), you can
issue a "Ctrl –Break" command. CTL-BRK has the same effect as the
"STOP-A" key sequence on a proprietary Sun Microsystems Keyboard. This action
takes you to the "OpenBoot" system prompt. From the OpenBoot prompt, a wide
variety of commands may be issued, including "boot <dev>", where
<dev> would be cdrom, if you were installing from cd.
I have installed the operating system, but when the machine reboots, I receive
the message "Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet"... What's wrong?
The machine is attempting to locate a boot server. Check NVRAM settings to determine if
the machine is configured to boot off of the network.From ">ok" prompt, type
"printenv". Ensure BOOT-DEVICE and BOOT-DIAG are not set to NET. Changes can be
made by typing "setenv boot-device disk" or "setenv boot-diag disk".
Why can’t I "ping" the server from outside of the domain?
Check that the proper default gateway is entered in the routing table. Use
"netstat -r"
Why doesn’t the routing table retain the default gateway when I reboot?
Check the file /etc/defaultrouter. The file must contain the valid IP
address for the gateway. If /etc/defaultrouter doesn’t exist, create it, with the IP
address of the gateway as the only text. Reboot the system.
