On Mon 2002-05-27 (04:29), Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:
> On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 22:18:37 +0200, KiDDiE.Ox wrote:
[snip]
> > marie says after the "Ethernet address " line
> > 
> > The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
> > ok <cursor>
> 
> My OBP2 brick is buried in the pile of other stuff, so I can't easily
> test it now, but I'm sure other folks with OBP2 bricks can share their
> experience (since OBP2 is supported but standard kernel, unlike OFW
> ones).
> 
> I think OBP 2.30 doesn't require a real a.out/elf executable, so stock
> boot.net must work for it.  You can do some PROM-level debugging, but
> you'll need serial console for it (see below).

Okay I fixed this. The problem is that I had added 32MB of dodgy,
non-sun ram to the JavaStation and when that was removed, everything
worked perfectly. I now have her booting in multi user mode, and I can
ssh into her :)

> > I also can't type on it with a PS2 keyboard, and I don't have a
> > serial console.
> 
> You will have to setup a serial console if you want to do anything
> with PROM.  OBP2 in these boxes seems to be a direct brain transplant
> from SS4, so it claims this box has zs (it doesn't) and it has no idea
> about PS/2 keyboard.
> 
> 
> Now that 1.6 was branched I'll try to get my kbd/ms changes reviewed
> and committed as soon as I have time to.  They add support for
> JavaStation1 - both console and Xsun.

Noted. Thanx a lot

> 
> SY, Uwe
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