When booting from a Solaris Installation Disk you can get a shell if using the ttya port (vt100 console) using the command "boot -s cdrom" from the "ok" prompt. Below a screenshoot of the procedure: Welcome to minicom 2.00.0 OPTIONS: History Buffer, F-key Macros, Search History Buffer, I18n Compiled on Feb 24 2002, 14:58:54. Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys ok boot cdrom -s Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/cdrom@2,0:f File and args: -s cdrom SunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic_112233-07 64-bit Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Configuring /dev and /devices Using RPC Bootparams for network configuration information. Skipping interface hme0 / INIT: SINGLE USER MODE # Thanks to: Every one pointed the same answer and made me remember I used to do the same a long time ago (may be getting older? :) ) Fishwick, Chris <chris.fishwick@technologyservicesgroup.com.au> Paul Theodoropoulos <paul@anastrophe.com> Sandwich Maker <adh@an.bradford.ma.us> Russell_C_Page@national.com.au minoti.koul@wipro.com Hichael Morton <mh1272@yahoo.com> petri kallberg <petri.kallberg@Sun.COM> Casper Dik <casper@holland.sun.com> Robert Helmer <robert@roberthelmer.com> -- Gustavo A. Lozano Noldata Corporation glozano@noldata.com Calle 46 No. 40-19 CTO Bogota D.C. Colombia Noldata Corporation http://noldata.com I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Tue Nov 25 09:00:09 2003
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