[Novalug] need to break into solaris 9

Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhunter@gmail.com
Tue May 22 16:12:25 EDT 2012


Use a serial null modem cable (I believe you can use a Cisco console cable).

Fire up the serial console, 9600-8-N-1. Sending a BREAK command will drop
the host to OpenBoot, Sun's firmware. When you get an "ok " prompt, you can
insert your disk and type "boot cdrom". It should boot the disk.

Greg, contact me offlist. If I can get physical access to the box, I can
help you get it up and running.

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Jason Kohles <jkohles@palantir.com> wrote:

> I've always done this over serial with kermit.  With kermit you can get a
> break using ctrl-\ ctrl-B.
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> Jason Kohles
> Palantir Technologies | UNIX Systems Engineer
> jkohles@palantir.com  | 703.957.5784
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> On 5/22/12 3:40 PM, "greg pryzby" <greg@pryzby.org> wrote:
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> old sunfire 280r
> don't know any users
> don't have root password
> no Sun keyboard
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> I want to install Solaris 10, but inserting DVD and booting doesn't
> work. It starts the disk.
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> I don't have a Sun keyboard to send Stop-A
> I don't have console/tty access (no adapter)
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> none of these work
> Crtl-Break
> Ctrl-~
> Shift-Pause-A
> Ctrl-c
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