[Gllug] Sun SparcStations

[Andrew Halliwell]

> On Friday 10 January 2003 14:25, Tethys wrote:
> > Dylan writes:
> > >> But as Chris says, just use a serial console. Virtually all of my Sparc
> > >> boxen are headless, accessed via the network and/or serial console.
> > >
> > >That's what I was thinking for day-to-day, but for the initial install? Is
> > >that possible? How would I go about that?
> >
> > Absolutely. Connect via the serial console, 
> 
> How do I do that? Please understand, I'm not trying to be obtuse, but can I do 
> it from a PC? What cable do I need to use (I have nul-modem and straight thru 
> serial cables around)? What software, telnet?

a null modem cable and minicom.
Telnet is a TCP/IP based proggy. Minicom is the serial comms package.


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