the machine is a 3000/400 (thankfully!!)... and is now working.
is there a place on-line where i could have found such information?
nothing i found answered this rather trivial query... except for 
the list :-)

thanks all!
mike

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 06:22:14PM -0500, Paul Mather wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Aaron J. Grier wrote:
> 
> => On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 01:29:11PM -0800, Michael J. Way wrote:
> => > i'm having a problem getting my dec 3000 machines to boot straight
> => > into netbsd (1.5 Beta) after power on. this is because it detects an
> => > error on power up because i'm using a serial console => no
> => > mouse/keyboard:
> =>
> => set server on, I think?  that will disable the mouse / keyboard tests.
> 
> That will not work on the 3000/300; it only works on 3000/400 and up.
> 
> Another possibility would be to set the serial console jumper...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Paul.
> 
> e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu
> 
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