[Suns-at-Home] Solaris installation via console term

[Phillip Tong]

Philip Plane wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, mnorton wrote:
> 
>> hi,
>> 
>> I need to install Solaris 10 onto my E4500.
>> 
>> 1. What settings do I need to configure on my M$ Hyperterminal to
>> console in?
> 
> Whatever matches the Sun. Normally 9600,8,n,1. But some use 19200. I 
> normally turn off flow control.

 From experience, the E4500 would be a 9600,8,n,1 setting (unless 
somebody's fiddled with the settings on your machine).

>> 2. Can I install Solaris via a terminal this way?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> 3. Anyone know what Stop-A is from M$ Hyperterminal?
> 
> Send a break.

You've said you're using M$ Hyperterminal to do this - so press 
Ctrl+Break to send said break.

One thing to note: set Hyperterminal manually to VT100 before starting 
the E4500 - I had all sorts of trouble leaving one terminal in "Auto 
Detect" (found it too hard to read the text-based install screens, even 
after selecting VT100 as my terminal during the install routine unless I 
manually set VT100 emulation before starting).

--Phil.