[geeks] E450 - continuing Solaris install saga

[Lionel Peterson]

That's fine,I understand,  but if you have a sun keyboard you can plug in you
can do it - you don't need graphics on to do that (as I recall), just a
keyboard plugged in...

Lionel

On Apr 15, 2013, at 4:17 PM, JP Hindin <jplist2008 at kiwigeek.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Apr 2013, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> I think you want to use a key combination that resets OBP to default
values. I
>> had to use that a few times 'back in the day' to regain control of
surplused
>> machines that fell into my clutches from surplus sales & what-not...
>>
>> I think it's Stop + n, but that's a guess... ('Stop' key and 'n' held down
>> during power-up, until system reboots)
>
> Unfortunately the machines have gfx turned off, so I only have serial
> console access and for the LIFE of me I can't figure out how to send a
> break via serial (or Minicom is refusing to send it). I was sure it was
> literally a ^Break, but apparently not.
>
> - JP
>
>> On Apr 15, 2013, at 2:33 PM, JP Hindin <jplist2008 at kiwigeek.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well. There it is. Oh, and while I was waiting for the E450 to install, I
>>> pulled a pair of E4000s out. One of them I can't break out of its
>>> incessant 'boot from net' to talk to OBP, the other has a firmware
>>> password. Anyone know the local RAM locations of the password set flag in
>>> the NVRAM so I can clear it with an Arduino? :P
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