[SunRescue] Solaris 8 install on Ultra5 problems

P.A.Osborne rescue at sunhelp.org
Tue Feb 6 07:24:44 CST 2001


On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 06:41:03AM -0600, me wrote:
> is there a way to force from the 1st CD a NO GUI install????

Not if you have a framebuffer and keyboard available.

What I tend to do is disconnect the keyboard and attach 
a vt100 on the 1st serial port.

Lack of keyboard should force the machine to drop back to the
serial console.  

(Unless of course someone has nobbled your NVRAM settings....) 

Paul



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