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List:       openbsd-misc
Subject:    Re: Booting Sparc IPX using Serial Console?
From:       Bill Hutchison <billh () microware ! com>
Date:       2000-04-28 19:53:51
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Hello,

I believe hardware handshaking is enabled in the install.  You need a
null-modem cable with all the lines:


   2 -------> 2 
   3 <------- 3 
   4 -------> 4 
   5 & 8 <--- 5 
   6 <------- 8 
   7 <------> 7 
   20 ------> 20 



-Bill


Geoffrey Alan Washburn wrote:
> 
>         So I've been interesting in playing with OpenBSD for quite some
>   time, but as it doesn't support SMP I haven't tried it on my main
>   workstation yet.  However, I recently obtained a Sparc IPX and have been
>   having some difficulty trying to get it to boot the installation
>   disk.  Currently, it will appear to boot normally until it prints
>   "sh" on a line and seemingly appears to halt.
>         At first I thought that this indicated a problem with the floppy
>   drive, but after further investigation it has no difficulties booting
>   NetBSD or Debian GNU/Linux.  So my current theory is somehow IO at
>   that point is no longer being sent to the serial port.  However, I've
>   double checked with the it is configured to send IO to ttya and that my
>   serial settings match.
>         Does anyone have any idea what I could be doing wrong, or is this
>   just a bug in OpenBSD or perhaps the my IPX's ROM?
> 
> --
> --- Geoff Washburn | washburn@acm.org | http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~gw2/ ---

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