> You need a null modem, not a gender changer. Although you might need one
> of those depending if it's like a Sun where the DB25 is a female.
>

Only if you're going PC -> Sun.  Sun -> Sun uses straighthrough, in fact,
I use a Cisco console cable (black or light blue) and a 25pin -> RJ45
adapter x2 at work.

> Matt
>
> > okay so now i need a gender changer, ill try swapping the chips to see
> > if that helps, if not, ill work on the console aspects, i dont need the
> > frame buffer anyway, i can ssh to the box once i get a *BSD on it.
> > Thanks for the info
> >
> > On Fri, 2001-11-23 at 09:35, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, the NetBSD boot loader may be more strict about memory layout than
> > > the solaris one.
> > >
> > > > if i did that id have to console into it, and i dont see a serial port
> > > > on this thing. I finally got Linux RedHat 6.2 to install but i want a
> > > > *BSD
> > >
> > > The serial port is a 25DB female, marked A/B
> > >
> > > --
> > > Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
> > > --
> >
> >
>
>

--Brian

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