On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, julien maerten wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm trying to boot netbsd.ip22 on my Indy (r4400 200mhz, 128M, 24bit
>newport), and all seems to run well (got the first boot messages in the
>PROM), except that I can't see anything on my serial console. In fact,
>It's a common peecee with a serial communication software, linked to the
>sgi serial port with a mac style serial cable.
>I'd like to know if there is particular settings for the serial
>communication, or a particular procedure to follow, as there is no
>documentation about this.
>I'm using netbsd.ip22 kernel from
>ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/sgimips/ .

You'll want to make sure first of all that you're using a null modem
serial cable with RX and TX crossed and RTS and CTS crossed.  Then make
sure you don't have a keyboard plugged into the Indy, or you have the
PROM setup to boot straight to serial console.

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