[Aurora-sparc-user] Re: install problems on a blade2000

[Annie Lindale & Alexander Lange]

On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 17:46 +1200, Annie Lindale & Alexander Lange
wrote:

> > Hello all
> > I have down- loaded the iso images for aurora 2.98 and burned them to 
> > disc.   So far so good.   The install will go further than with aurora 2 
> > but when the installer installs the synbios SCSI driver the system comes 
> > to a halt, crashes and burns. I cannot even use stop + a to get back to 
> > the open boot.
> > Any ideas?
> > Thanks
> > Alexander
>   

OK, if you're doing an install with a monitor and keyboard attached,
please change to the other VTs (ctrl-alt-f2, f3, f4, f5) and look for
any error messages. Please send those along.

Thanks,

~spot

Hello all
Please explain " other VTs"?
Have tried to use the keyboard combination ctrl-alt-f2 and so on but the outcome is always the same.  The blade2000 hangs while loading the synbios driver.  At times, I am able to get back to the open boot by using the stop + a key combination.  But after that, whatever I type will not turn up on the screen.  I am using a Sun USB keyboard and a Sun USB mouse.   The Function keys don't seem to work at all with the installer. Even when silo boots up first and asks you what you want to do, the only key the blade responds to is the enter key.  Using any of the other options makes no difference to the outcome - I always end up with a hung box trying to load a synbios driver.
Thanks
Alexander

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