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From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Sparc/NetBSD: Switching to serial console when you *really* have to! Date: 18 Jul 1997 11:49:07 -0700 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5qodr3$k1h@cynic.portal.ca> References: <rreiner.869242843@nexus.yorku.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.lava.net!news.pixi.com!news1.best.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.sun.admin:90127 comp.unix.admin:60663 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:6276 In article <rreiner.869242843@nexus.yorku.ca>, Richard Reiner <rreiner@fscinternet.com> wrote: >Problem: how to switch sparc 1+ to serial console (with any reasonable >but *known* serial port parameters) -- without seeing what I'm doing. Why not just yank the frame buffer, and then you can see what you're doing? In fact, I've got a working SS1 and monitor with a broken CG6, so you could send it to me. :-) cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Through infinite myst, software reverberates Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 In code possess'd of invisible folly.