[rescue] More fun with Indigo2

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Sun Feb 10 22:13:54 CST 2002


> Will Indigo2 boot from a serial console? I should have the appropriate
> cable around here somewhere, but I don't want to risk my life digging for
> it if it's not going to do any good. 

It sure will.  A Macintosh modem cable and a null-modem adapter are all
you need.  9600,8,N,1 w/ no flow control are the default settings.

> Also, will a Sun 13W3 male-to-male cable work or does it have to be an
> SGI-specific cable (with just 5 pins, it appears)?

If it's a straight-through cable, it'll work just fine.  If it does weird
things with the sync pin, it might not work as expected.

--Jonathan



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