I'm booting an UltraSparc 10 clone using OpenBoot 3.10.10 and the gentoo-sparc64-1.4_rc4-2.iso. Using the 'gentoo' boot option, boots successfully, but when I get to the login prompt, the keymap is incorrect, i.e., 'a' is f4, 'r' is space bar, etc. A kind sould in the forum pointed me at the dokeymap boot option, but there was no obvious effect when I used it upon reboot. I tried a couple of the other boot option as well, alone and in combination, but could see no change, it would always get to login, and the keymap would be incorrect.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=60155
Investigating this. Should be as simple as letting you select a keymap at boot time (like the x86 boot cd).
I recall having heard a report if you booted using the "gentoo serial" option, the keyboard would map correctly (though this was in relation to a Sun Blade 100 and USB keyboard). Have you tried this?
There will be a new experimental LiveCD showing up on mirrors in the path experimental/sparc/livecd/sparc64 that should fix this problem. Pleas let me know it works for you.
Marking as Resolved:Fixed. If it's still a problem, please reopen.
also figured out: keyboard not responding during boot (just after GRUB or kernel boot). i.e. cannot enter keycode when prompted (dokeymap boot option) -> maybe no keymap problem