Hello
I have a Pegasos 2 thats not working very well.
It stops to boot on the Bplan logo.

I've tryed another gfx card and booted a few times but now I have the same problem with it, It stops on the bplan logo.

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In a few days I will recive a new ddr modules to test.

Any link that explain how works the serial terminal test?

Any suggestion?

Thanks for all



[ Edited by Doraemon 07.07.2023 - 18:24 ]

This behavior appears when you have no PS2 Keyboard attached. usually if you keep waiting it should continue booting after a while. Or just connect a PS2 Keyboard :)

[ Edited by Cego 06.07.2023 - 17:22 ]

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It Works!!
I'm really happy.
A lot of thanks.
It was really frustrating but I nver thought that a keyboard was really mandatory

@Doraemon,

You can contact bplan to obtain an update of openfirmware. Indicate the revision of your mother board, the serial number of you cpu daughterboard and the version/revision of openfirmware on your pegasos 2. With this update of openfirmware you will be able to use usb keyboards instead of ps2 one. And it will not stop/block the start on bplan logo. Find their adress and send a mail.

Good luck.

Brumiga

Thanks for the tip.
I will do it.

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You can still get PS2 to USB converters for next to nothing, that will let you plug in a USB keyboard into a PS2 port. Even when I got a Pegasos 1 back in 2003, PS2 keyboards were very hard to find.

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Careful, these basic purple (KBD) and green (mouse) adapters only work if the KBD (or mouse) supports the PS/2 (PS2 is Sony...) protocol.
Properly not true for most stuff designed in the past 15 years.

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And more important: They can fry your USB keyboard if it doesn't support this.