Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20010706085113.00b52ef0@jittlov.qualcomm.com> Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 08:51:37 -0700 From: William Perry Dulyea <wdulyea@qualcomm.com> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] [OT] Serial connection to a SPARCStation 5
HUMMMMMM....
Sounds like the cable is a problem. Any terminal emulator should work, but
just try one other command available under Linux... #> cu -s 9600,8,N,1
/dev/$yourtty.
At 12:02 AM 7/6/01 -0500, Alan Bryant wrote:
>Hey all, I have a SPARCStation 5 here at my house that I'm trying to connecto
>via serial a. I do have null-modem cable with a gender-changer on one end
>connecting the two. I've tried connecting to it both with HyperTerm from
>Win98 and Win2K, and with minicom under Linux. I have tried both serial ports
>on my box, but nothing comes up on the terminal screen. I've been guaranteed
>that the SS 5 works, but it has no OS, HD, or FD in the machine. It does
>power on, and it has 64 MB RAM. I don't have a Sun monitor, keyboard or
>mouse, nor a Sun to VGA adapter for a monitor. I'm wanting to install either
>Debian, Redhat, or NetBSD via network install, but I can't connect to it with
>a terminal. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Oh, I also have a SS 2
>that I can't connect to either. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but I
>don't know what! Could it be the gender-changer? Also, my setting for the
>terminal are to emulate a VT-100 terminal, and the settings for the serial
>port are 9600 8N1.
>
>Thanks,
>Alan Bryant
>
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