Subject: Re: getty repeating to fast on (ttya,ttyb) sleeping
To: Claude Foley <Claude.Foley@cns.eds.com>
From: rharden <rharden@squid.newwave.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/16/1998 10:06:17
I cant answer your netbsd problem but about selecting thin ethernet on the
3/60 all you have to do is unscrew the mainboard & pull it out. On the
board there is a jumper block you can set the ethernet type and
memory size here.
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On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Claude Foley wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
>
> I just get another Sun 3/60, and I already had one with NetBSD-1.1, I
> want to test it.
>
> The problem is that when I boot a new Sun, it works only in single user
> mode.
>
> The difference between the one that is working and the one that is not
> is.
>
> Working one Failing one
> memory: 24M 4M
> monitor: black & white no monitor but there is plug for
> color monitor
> console(prom): b&w ttya( using a qume terminal, set
> term=tek-4530)
>
> When I goes from one to the other I simply unplug all the cable from one
> and I plug it to the other
>
> When I boot on the failing one everything goes smoothly but when it goes
> to multi user, I have an error message from getty( may be init ).
> Error is: getty is repeating to quickly on ttya sleeping
> getty is repeating to quickly on ttyb sleeping
>
> the result is that I never have a login prompt on ttya and I have to
> halt it.
>
> Once again it works in single user mode.
>
> Also I need to know how to set option on board for the thin ethernet
> connector and where could I find a color monitor and a list of model
> that works ( a web site will be perfect )
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Claude Foley.
>