[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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