[Gllug] Sun SparcStations

Tethys tet at accucard.com
Fri Jan 10 15:09:15 UTC 2003


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.

Tet

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