[geeks] more Solaris serial help

[Brian Dunbar]

Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2006, at 7:35 PM, brian.dunbar at liftport.com wrote:
> 
>> All,
>>
>> It's late, I need to rebuild a server sometime between oh, now and
>> tomorrow a.m.  I can't get the server to boot (botched mirror creation
>> left the boot disk inop)
>>
>> It's a new Sun V210.  The problem is I can't drop the damned thing to 
>> the
>> OK prompt so I can reboot from CD and reinstall the OS.  Long ago we
>> fiddled with the actual terminal server so it could NOT issue a break 
>> to
>> the servers so that's right out.  I did connect a cable between the 
>> serial
>> port on a V120 and the V210.  I can login to the V120 and issue
>>
>> tip hardwire
>>
> 
> Are you able to get to the LOM or are you on a console ?
> 
> Isn't there a LOM-supplied way to issue a break?  something like
> 
> #.
> or
> 
> ##.
> 
> Does this page help at all?
> http://docs.sun.com/source/819-2445-11/command_shell.html
> 
> Cordially
> Patrick Giagnocavo
> patrick at zill.net


Thanks, Patrick, that did the trick.

##. to drop to lom.
sc> break ;issue break to drop the server to OpenBoot PROM
sc> console -f ;to get to the console.

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