1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Dear all, I unable to connect my sun machnie through hyperterminal . when I am trying , the screen (hyperterminal )shows all the key letters (like !@#$%^ ... 12345.... abcd...ABCD..) but i unable get login screen. Sun ultra enterprise 3000 / serial port cable 9-9 pin. can any one... (4 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am new to Unix. I just got my SUN box from ebay with Solaris supposedly preloaded. The problem is I am unable to connect via Hyperterminal to Solaris, or more to the point, cannot tell if I have a successful connection and that solaris is the one not properly booted up. I hooked up a null... (3 Replies)

3. Solaris

Hi all, I currently have my WinXP machine connected to my Sun server via serial cable then hyperterminal. I would like to connect my Solaris 10 machine to the server via serial cable but there doesn't appear to be a hyperterminal application included with Solaris 10. Anyone know of a... (3 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Im trying to log in to a Sun Ultra5 using a serial cable connected to a Window 2000's box running hyperterminal. When the machine boots up, I can see the output on the hyperterminal screen but the keyboard doesnt seem to work properly, preventing me from typing in the root password. Can anyone... (15 Replies)

5. Solaris

This may be an off the wall question but is there anyway in Solaris to snag the serial number of a Sun box? I'm not sure if you can do this but it would save me a long drive to the data center to get the serial number to renew support... (8 Replies)

6. Solaris

Hi All.. No Labor Day weekend for me.. too much to do. 1 of which is that I have been pulling my hair out trying to get a 1-way serial feed working from a Linux box running Centos to a Solaris 10 box. The serial feed consists of a blackbox fiber driver on each end connected with 1 strand of fiber... (6 Replies)

7. Solaris

greetings. im a very new user to solaris (and to servers for that matter) and i need to conect to a t5120 sun server, i tried using the SER-MGT port on the back of the server, then to a rj-45/db-9 adaptor, and to a serial-usb adaptor (my laptop doesn't have a com port). when i try to conect with... (2 Replies)

8. Solaris

hi I am new to unix and have found a SPARCstation 5 in the shed. I'm told by my father that it was working when it was put there about 8 years ago. It seems to boot up and makes all the right noises, both discs appear to make a noise, the keyboard lights flash etc., etc., but i can't seem to get... (2 Replies)

9. Solaris

I did some unix admin many years ago, but since then I have been programming. I now have to install solaris 10 on a T42 via a console/serial cable. Could anyone please provide some help on the following. We have one solaris server up and going, I use Cygwin to get to this (xwin -query ...)... (2 Replies)

10. Solaris

How to get the serial number in Sparc servers without using any STB tools like sneep. The below link gives details about the solaris package, but i need to get the serial number like the smbios command. How to get SUN server serial number ? - UnixArena For Non-sparc servers, the below... (2 Replies)