Subject: Re: DEC 3000/300
To: Geoff Adams <gadams@avernus.com>
From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/25/2000 19:11:10
On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 02:16:46AM -0500, Geoff Adams wrote:
> On 2-24-2000 8:36 PM, Hal Murray at murray@pa.dec.com wrote:
>
> >
> >> "set server on" IIRC;
> >
> > If somebody verifies that, we should probably add it to the FAQ.
>
> I'd be curious if someone could verify that, too. However, the only thing
> that I'm aware of to set the 3000/300 to use a serial console (and not check
> for a keyboard) is to move jumper W2 from pins 1 and 2 (graphical console)
> to pins 2 and 3 (serial console). This is a four-position jumper; I forget
> what setting it to pins 3 and 4 gets you, but I suspect it's a field
> engineer debugging thing.
I'm not sure if the 3000/300 is different as far as autobooting is
concerned, but my 3000/400 manual suggests
"set auto_action boot"
If 300 != 400 for this particular SRM issue let me know and I'll try to
track it down on the Compaq intranet.
W/
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