[SunHELP] sun e450 scsi problem

[Joe Stump]

Thanks to everyone who helped! Lists like this remind me why I like being a
geek so much. For those who might come after me with similar problems here
is what I did to "fix" my problem.

Will pointed out that under Hyperterm STOP-A is translated to CTRL-Break.
Once I got the ok prompt I typed "boot cdrom" and now I'm well on my way to
a fresh install of Solaris 9.

I'm sure you'll be hearing back from me. I have a 4port ethernet card and
another hard drive to get working :)

Thanks again!

--Joe


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Joe Stump
http://www.joestump.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Stokes" <peter at ashlyn.co.uk>
To: "Joe Stump" <joe at joestump.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:56 AM
Subject: RE: [SunHELP] sun e450 scsi problem


> Hi Joe
>
> If you use Teraterm it gives you a 'send break' option which would allow
you
> to get to ok prompt. See
> http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html
>
> Typically on Sun's you would not have any termination on the drives only
on
> the chassis/boards etc. Generally the SCSI chain should work without
adding
> any termination if the external cable lengths are short. Good practice is
to
> have termination at either end of the bus.
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Joe Stump
> Sent: 30 October 2002 15:20
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] sun e450 scsi problem
>
>
> Andre,
>
> I'm a little behind on SCSI termination. What I can say is that there are
no
> pins in the back of the drives (you just stick them in the front of the
> cabinet). On the back there is a standard SCSI port up near the A/B serial
> port and then two addon cards in the bottom with smaller sized connections
> (possibly VHDCI or HD50?) - none of these have terminators on them.
>
> My main concern is that I can't get to the "ok" prompt from Hyperterminal.
> I'll be installing Solaris 9 from a serial connection. Any references that
> people have would be greatly appreciated (both on terminating scsi on Suns
> and installing Solaris via a serial port).
>
> --Joe
>
> --
> Joe Stump
> http://www.joestump.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andre' Blanchard" <andre at synchronicity.com>
> To: "Joe Stump" <joe at joestump.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:11 AM
> Subject: RE: [SunHELP] sun e450 scsi problem
>
>
> > Greetings:
> >
> > I would focus on the hardware, i.e. cabling, jumpers, and especially
> > termination.  First stop via OpenBoot (aka stop-N): the probe scsi
> command.
> >
> > I would concentrate on the CD-rom drive first, aka get to the point
where
> > the OS setup program is working.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> > > Behalf Of Joe Stump
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 9:51 AM
> > > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> > > Subject: [SunHELP] sun e450 scsi problem
> > >
> > >
> > > Bill,
> > >
> > > Heh, figured out the serial port problem. I have output coming through
> on
> > > Hyperterm (yay!), but get a Fatal SCSI erorr which reads something
like
> > > this:
> > >
> > > "Fatal SCSI error at script address 8 Illegal instruction\nDrive
> > > not ready"
> > >
> > > I'm the first one to admit that I'm stumbling through this ... I've
> search
> > > marc and google and found a few posts about this problem, but no
> replies.
> > > I've found a few possible solutions, but I can't seem to get to the
"ok"
> > > prompt. BTW, I also resest the NVRAM with "Stop+N".
> > >
> > > The drives are in slots 0 and 1 locally and I have a sun installation
cd
> > > burned fresh from sun.com in the cdrom drive.
> > >
> > > --Joe
> > >
> > > ps. To Bill: thought I'd take this to the list instead of bothering
you
> > > offlist :) - thanks for your help!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joe Stump
> > > http://www.joestump.net
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