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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!infeed1.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!world1.bellatlantic.net!news From: Robert C White Jr <rwhite@bellatlantic.net> 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: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 17:57:17 -0400 Organization: Bell Atlantic Internet Solutions Lines: 22 Message-ID: <33D1383C.2357@bellatlantic.net> References: <rreiner.869242843@nexus.yorku.ca> Reply-To: rwhite@bellatlantic.net NNTP-Posting-Host: client200-189-135.bellatlantic.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; U) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.sun.admin:90183 comp.unix.admin:60721 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:6285 Richard Reiner wrote: > Alternate request: any other solution to above situation. Unplug Monitor and discard 8-) Remove Frame Buffer card if possible Leave keyborad plugged in Boot system Telent to system Become root Use "eeprom" command to configure serial output device reboot. Your milage may vary (e.g. check the manual) but I believe you will want to use "eeprom output-device=ttya" eeprom ttya-mode=<baud,data-bits(7,8),parity(o,e,m,s,n),stop(1,1.5,2),flow(-/s/h)> to whit "eeprom ttya-mode=9600,8,n,1,s" Rob.