Hi arthurjb,
Thank you for your comments, it is helpful.
i followed this site as you mentioned (http://docs.sun.com/sourc
your comments about "Your serial cable is probably too good, and you may have to make one with less pins. The sun and or the laptop get confused with all the control signals. I have found that a simple cable using just gnd tx and rx often does the job."
I am brand new with sys admin, would you please explain little more about "make one with less pins" how do i do that? and "cable using just gnd tx and rx " what do all that mean?
thank you once again,
KB
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by: arthurjbPosted on 2007-09-21 at 12:16:04ID: 19938367
You basically have 2 different problems.
s-n-soluti ons/hardwa re/docs/ht ml/ 819-329 0-12/chap2 .install.h tml#41885
/806-4805/ setup.htm
The second is that you need to run the steps shown on this page;
http://www.sun.com/product
in order to get the 280r to use the graphics card as the console.
But in order to do that, you have to solve the first problem which is, talking to the 280 via the serial port, which is described here;
http://docs.sun.com/source
Your serial cable is probably too good, and you may have to make one with less pins. The sun and or the laptop get confused with all the control signals. I have found that a simple cable using just gnd tx and rx often does the job.
Good Luck!