First of all my original query :
> First of all I should say this wasn't very clever of me and I feel very
> foolish !!
>
> I've just taken delivery of a shiny new Sparc20 server. I decided to use
> ttya as the console and changed the eeprom to :
>
> output-device=ttya
> input-device=ttya
>
> as rebooted. Low and behold no input or output on ttya and nothing when
> when I connect up a monitor and keyboard. Trouble is I also mucked around
> with the filesystem and I obviously got something wrong so I can't even
> telnet !!!
>
> Suggestions anyone, apart from finding myself a new career !
As Dave Gunn (gunn@lardav.com) says :
> First of all, I suggest you make and test one change at a time--Don't change
> EEPROM settings and the filesystem without testing each one separately. ;-)
The problem breaks down into 2, eeprom and tty.
Here's Dave Haut (dave@exar.com) answer to the eeprom problem :
> Don't worry. Power off your SS20. Hold down the stop and n keys and power
> the SS20 back on.
>
> This should reset your eeprom to its default values and you should be
> "good as new"
and Fred <admin@dcwill.com> answer to the tty problem :
> Remember that you need a null modem cable, or a null modem adaptor,
> between your terminal and the SS20. Here in the colonies, we can get
> them at Radio Shack. Hopefully, you can get them just as easily over
> there.
>
> The terminal needs to be set at 9600, 8n1.
Checking the cable I had I discovered it was crossed, so changing it to
straight through meant I could log in and change the fs prob.
Thanks to all who answered :
gunn@lardav.com (David Gunn)
annr@ref.collins.co.uk (Ann Rautenbach 3267 Systems_Administrator)
mal@getech.leeds.ac.uk
blymn@awadi.com.AU (Brett Lymn)
Adrian Cole/Computervision <Adrian_Cole/Computervision@ausns1.cv.com>
albert@esther.rad.tju.edu (Dr. Micheal Albert)
Steve Lee <steve@opensys.com>
Bill Kearney <wkearney@access.digex.net>
"Herbert 't Hoen" <hth@unique.nl>
Stephen P Richardson <spr@myxa.com>
white@uvm-gen.EMBA.UVM.EDU
Tim Wort <tim@Access.COM>
dave%endeavour.exar.com@exar.com (Dave Haut)
SysAdmin <admin@dcwill.com>
kurt.stype@babss.COM
My only excuse is that the heat has fried my brains !!!
Sean.
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