You can boot the machine without keyboard/mouse even if you don't connect a null modem cable to the serial port. You just won't have a hardware console, that's all. This has worked with my Ultra10 and my SB100, which I have run as firewalls in my closet. :)
Daniel On tis, 2006-08-22 at 18:44 +0000, Bruce O'Neel wrote: > Yes, no problem. > > Hook a null modem cable to the serial port on the back (it's the one > labeled A if there is more than one, I don't have a 5) and it should > work. > > This is called a serial console in the Sun world and a google search > on that will get you loads of info. > > cheers > > bruce > > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 07:42:21PM +0200, Andrea Modesto Rossi wrote: > > Hello world, > > > > i've this problem. At home i've 2 ultra Sparc 5 but ONLY ONE keyboard and > > sunmouse;one of this machine is my Firewall/router. Well,is it possible to > > start the boot without keyboard/mouse?with a normal PC i386 i search the > > command into the BIOS....but with Solaris OpenBoot??? > > > > Thanks a lot.. > > -- > > Andrea Modesto Rossi > > Services Ariadne > > Tel. +39 0382-408911 > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]