[SunRescue] Re(2): [SunRescue] IPX

[Tim Hauber]

rescue at sunhelp.org,Internet writes:
>Alternativly you could (if you have a transponder AUI --> BNC) just
>attch it top a LAN and use a X-server program, this will allow you to
>use your system as if you where using the screen. Most X-servers will
>hunt out an IP address so you don't need to specify one. The oonly
>downsid of this is, what OS you have on it and if it is booting all the
>way. Solaris 2.6 starts XDM atomatically, Solaris 1.x does not. So you
>would need to telnet into it and start XDM or export the display.

this wouldn't work very well on a machine with no OS, and if the machine
has default Prom settings it is probably trying to netboot out the AUI
port (the default diagnostic boot is netboot)




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