[Gllug] Sun SparcStations

[Dylan]

On Friday 10 January 2003 15:09, Tethys wrote:
> Dylan writes:
> >> 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?
>
> Sorry, didn't realise you were after that sort of info. Yes, a null
> modem serial cable from a PC into the Sparc serial port. Connect using
> minicom on the Linux box. Send a break with <Ctrl-A><F>, which will get
> you to a PROM prompt.

Thanks, I'll be playing around with this next week.

>
> Tet

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