Re: [suse-sparc] Using serial console

From: Gary (gary@spiritwars.com)
Date: Tue Jan 16 2001 - 15:54:17 PST

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    Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:54:17 -0800 (PST)
    From: Gary <gary@spiritwars.com>
    Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0101161552130.4810-100000@ns.kelloggcreek.com>
    Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Using serial console
    

    On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Alex Liesch wrote:

    > Which are the steps for switching from display to serial console? Which
    > files need to be modified to use it like Solaris does?

    Try unplugging the keyboard and monitor. It should default to serial port
    A. If for some reason that doesn't work, try setting the following from
    the OpenBoot prompt...

    setenv output-device = ttya
    setenv input-device = ttya

    -Gary

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