Gord wrote:

> I picked up an old indigo2 that i would like to get in working order.
> The monitor is attached and powers up, I have reseated all of the
> memory, video card, and hard drive (which does spin up, though typically
> after the light goes orange), but as soon as the little sgi ascending
> tones finish, the status indicator on front of box goes orange.
>
> Does this mean that the prom is bad? or is there another possibility?

If it does the boot tune, the PROM is probably OK. Never seen a bad
PROM.

Could be a bunch of things. Try disconnecting the keyboard, and
connect a serial terminal (or terminal emulator on another computer)
to the first serial port, and see if it spits anything out.
Might be gfx related.

> Is there a way to boot from the cd-rom or will I not be able to mount it
> period without at least getting to a prom prompt?

You won't be able to do anything without a startup prompt, unless
you use the aforementioned serial terminal and can see output there.

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Greg Douglas
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