3lucid@gmail.com wrote:

> Some googling has lead me to this
> <http://www.wenks.ch/fabian/NetBSD-SGI-O2.txt> which makes me believe
> that I'll need to use a null-modem cable to get a serial console so
> that I can install NetBSD. Is this true?

Yes.
(BTW if there is no keyboard, IP32 falls into serial console)

To use serial console, "NetBSD Serial Port Primer" page might help:
http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/Hardware/Misc/serial.html
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Izumi Tsutsui