Does 'kb' give any output from the serial console?

	You could also run tcpdump on the machine you are trying to
	netboot from and look at the MAC address of the rarp packets
	the sun will send out...

	(btw: Questions like this are best asked on the port-sparc list)

		David/absolute

Definition of the day:
'Disinterested': Unbiased, with nothing to gain... _not_ 'uninterested'.
(It would be preferable if more of the world could grasp the above)

On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, Rick Copeland wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> I have a Sun Sparc 330,  I am trying to netboot (diskless).  The color frame
> buffer does not work or work with my color monitor and so I cannot get the
> ethernet address (for example: 8:0:20:7:c5:c7 this is the example from
> diskless(8)) that usually shows when the computer first comes up.  Is there
> another way to get the ethernet address from the serial port in diagnostics
> mode?
> 
> Also the color monitor I am trying to use is know good but I don't know if
> it should work with a Sparc cgsix color frame buffer:
> 
>         cgsix color frame buffer (501-1532)
>         color monitor: Sun model (GDM-1962B) 19", 13w3, Sony
> 
> The monitor comes up with a white screen with small horizontal line across
> the middle of the display.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rick Copeland
>