On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Brian Buhrow wrote:

> 	The Sparc 2 is special in that you have to reprogram the EEPROM to get
> it to use ttya as the console when the keyboard isn't plugged in.  If you
> don't, it tries to use the keyboard ort anyway.  (All other Suns taht I'm
> familiar with, automatically switch to ttya if there is no keyboard,
> including the SLC and ELC machines.)
> So, you need to get a sun keyboard, plug it in, wait about 15 seconds after
> yo turn on the power, press L1-a, and type:
> >n
> OKsetenv input-device ttya
> OKsetenv output-device ttya
> 
> Hope this helps.
> -Brian

I've installed/reconfigured NetBSD on several (>4) Sparc2's with and
without Sun keyboards and I've never had to do this. 

scott