Settings I think is traditionally the usual 9600 8N1. Make sure the
serial cable is a null-modem / cross-over cable.

Lund


julien maerten wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to boot netbsd.ip22 on my Indy (r4400 200mhz, 128M, 24bit
> newport), and all seems to run well (got the first boot messages in the
> PROM), except that I can't see anything on my serial console. In fact,
> It's a common peecee with a serial communication software, linked to the
> sgi serial port with a mac style serial cable.
> I'd like to know if there is particular settings for the serial
> communication, or a particular procedure to follow, as there is no
> documentation about this.
> I'm using netbsd.ip22 kernel from
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/sgimips/ .
> 
> Thanx in advance for your help
> 
> ps. can you cc me please, I'm not on the list
> 
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