[powerstation-owners] troubleshooting non-booting powerstation

[Jarod Wilson]

Jarod Wilson wrote:
> Adrian Reber wrote:
>> Serial console: very good. Can you tell us which firmware version is
>> running on your PowerStation. It should tell that very early in the boot
>> up. Just before the memory is configured.
> 
> JS2XBlade Starting
>   Build Date = Jul 22 2008 17:16:18
>   FW Version = JX-1.7.0-3
>   Check ROM  = OK
> 
> 
> Weird part is that I can't provide input over the serial console except 
> from the keyboard directly connected to the machine -- at least, not 
> until a kernel is loaded up, then serial console accepts input over 
> serial. I'm hoping I just need a firmware update?

So I guess I'm already running the latest firmware... Been comparing 
notes w/Josh Boyer's powerstation, and there are some potentially 
interesting differences.

1) I have no screen devalias, Josh does
2) I have auto-boot?=false, Josh has true
3) I have a number of biosemu* settings that Josh doesn't

No clue how it got to be this way. Running 'nvsetenv auto-boot?=true' 
under linux doesn't seem to do anything, should it? (apologies, I know 
squat about open firmware).

--jarod