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A Macintosh style MiniDin->DB9 null-modem cable will also work, if you just=
 want to buy one.
(I've used mac modem cables in conjunction with ordinary null-modem cables,=
 and that
works fine too.) I can find both of these very cheap at my local pc store.

Make sure you 'set console d1' in the prom. (set -p to make it permanant).

Ken

+++ Martin aus Mainz [23/02/02 10:27 +0100]:
> Hello,
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> maybe you cable is wrong.
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> Try make a null modem cable like the pic on
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> www.marty44.net/img/indycable.png
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> the mini 8 is male and the sub-d is female
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> I use this cable for connecting my PC to the indy since I have no monitor
> for the indy.
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> hope this is helpful and sorry for the bad english
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> marty
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> --
> http://www.marty44.net
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> On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Robert Boehne wrote:
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> >=20
> > I've been trying to install NetBSD on one of my Indy's for some
> > months now, and it all comes down to:
> >   "I can't get a serial console working."
> >=20
> > I've seen the recent FAQ on serial consoles, and built a serial
> > cable according to the pinouts listed for an 8-pin MiniDIN SGI
> > to DB9.  I then tested the pinouts with an ohmmeter after the soldering.
> >=20
> > Some time ago I enabled serial console in the PROM (from the system
> > maintenance menu)  as well as in /etc/inittab.  Since I did that, I
> > don't
> > ever see the system maintenance menu button.  Here is what I do,
> > -  Disconnect keyboard on the Indy
> > -  connect the serial cable
> > -  fire up minicom, 9600 8N1
> > (tried other port when com1 didn't work, also attempted with window$
> > terminal)
> >=20
> > Wait.    The machine boots up to xdm, and after I plug in the keyboard,
> > works normally, but still running IRIX (not what I wanted).
> >=20
> > Is there some sequence of commands that I need to execute to
> > get the serial interface to work?   Is minicom the wrong choice?
> >=20
> > I've scanned NetBSD.org  for more info on several occasions but
> > never found much until the recent "serial console faq", but that
> > still didn't get me there.
> >=20
> > Any ideas?
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> >=20

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