Re: Sun Ultra 2 no ok prompt

rleenshs1 wrote:

> I bought a SUN Ultra 2 Enterprise 297MHz, 1GB RAM from ebay. Booted up
> no problem. Took computer apart to see how it goes together. Cleaned
> out what little dust it had. Looked pretty clean.
> Boots up to the "Initializing Memory". Once finished the line is blank
> with no "ok" prompt. Took out all the memmory and tested it on a
> working system at work. Memmory is good. Put in a good working
> harddrive from work. Still no "ok" prompt.
> Tried using "Stop and A" on bootup before "Initializing Memory" and I
> got the "ok" prompt. Typed in "set-defaults" pressed enter and got a
> "VRAM" message. Then I typed in "reset-all" system reboots but hangs
> after the "initializing memory" still no "ok" prompt.
> Is it the motherboard? Should I sell the good parts back to ebay? I
> need help. I am trying to teach myself Sun PC's and Solaris.
>
>
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Sun Ultras are not Oracle products. Reask your question at: comp.unix.solaris.

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