Subject: Re: bug fix of boot failure on news3400 (Re: Anybody there?)
To: None <port-newsmips@netbsd.org>
From: Mauricio <raub@kudria.com>
List: port-newsmips
Date: 04/22/2003 20:27:35
At 5:08 PM -0400 4/22/03, Mauricio wrote:
>At 11:40 PM +0900 4/22/03, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
>>In article <a05100302bac9f5eadec6@[10.0.0.10]>
>>raub@kudria.com wrote:
>>
>>>	I just tried and am still having the same problem.  Is there
>>>  any terminal set in the install program that is even dumber (i.e. no
>>>  escape sequences)?  At least thne I would eb able to get this
>>>  installed
>>
>>Hm, what type of cable are you using for the serial console,
>>and what settings are you using on your terminal for flow control?
>
>	I am really using only a garden-variety db9 to db25 serial 
>cable.  It is the same one I use to connect to the serial ports of 
>my SS20, SS1+, and Dec 5000/25.  Terminal settings are th usual: 
>9600 8N1.
>
>>Maybe you need the cable mentioned in the NetBSD serial port primer page:
>>http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/Hardware/Misc/serial.html
>>---
>>Izumi Tsutsui
>>tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp
>
>	At thsi point in time, I do not know...

	Also, I installed netbsd in the Dec 5000/25 without a hitch 
-- the vt100 escape sequences worked flawlessly -- using this very 
serial cable.