Subject: Re: serial console on printer port
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
From: David Bushong <dbushong@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/04/1996 13:00:16
I was directly involved in the below two messages, but serial console via
printer port doesn't work on mine either.. (which is why I originally
thought it didn't work at all) It DOES, however do echo just fine (up to
where it always freezes) I'm about to try the for_mays kernel w/ a
serial console (PB 145 =) off of the modem port.. keeping my fingers crossed
--David Bushong
On Mon, 4 Mar 1996, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> > I cannot get a serial boot from the printer port on my Classic II either
> > - it appears to be trying to boot to a local console when set to use the
> > printer port for booting. I'm using booter 1.8 and I've had to stick my
> > modem on the printer port as well so I can have my vt100 on the serial
> > port so I can boot up.
>
> This problem is strange. In my testing, serial console worked on
> both ports (on my IIsi). We have no indication that there is any
> difference between serial ports on any non-PowerPC models, except those
> with only one serial port (in which case we don't really know what
> happens).
>
> For those having problems, does serial echo work? Also, look at the
> variables passed by the booter to the kernel, and tell me what
> the values for SERIALCONSOLE and SERIALECHO are.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bill
>
>