Subject: Re: Console for an IPC...
To: Rafael Alejandro Hinojosa <hinojosa@cs.swarthmore.edu>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/30/2001 21:26:35
if you don't plug in a keyboard, then the IPC should default to using the
serial port A for the console. you may have to boot single user and
enable console login's on whatever os it has before the serial console
will work in multiuser mode for logins.
-Dan
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Rafael Alejandro Hinojosa wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I've done this before on my SPARCstation LX but now I've seemed to have
> forgotten just what to do. The deal is I have this SPARCstation IPC from
> work that they have decided to get rid of. So I asked, and they gave it
> to me. They suspect that the HD is bad, but I figure I can always replace
> it, eventually.
>
> Anyway, I'd like to see if I can get access to it. Since I don't have a
> 13w3 monitor nor an adapter, I thought about using Zterm on a Mac to
> connect to it via serial cable. But, I've seemed to have forgotten just
> exactly what to do or specify to get console text/access to appear.
>
> If any of you know any good sites that will provide me any information on
> this topic, please let me know. I've looked over some of the links on the
> NetBSD SPARC port page, but came up empty-handed.
>
> Another question I have is about the OS that the IPC was/is running. It
> probably ran Solaris something, and might still have it installed (if the
> disk is still working). Is it possible to use console access over serial
> cable is the IPC might have an OS installed? Or, do I have to somehow
> enable console over serial in some configuration file? If this is the
> case, will console over serial work if I unplug the HD?
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Web links would also be helpful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Raf
>
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> Rafael Alejandro Hinojosa
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