Hello,

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 06:43:17 +0000, Isaac Gravestock wrote:

> I boot from CD and I get the usual  SWITCHING TO SERIAL CONSOLE message. 
> I have a null modem cable connected to the 25pin
> serial port but I get nothing coming up on my terminal emulator. If I 
> boot with the S3 switch down I get nothing over the monitor or the
> serial cable.
> 
> Can someone please give me an idea on how to get this thing going?

See http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/alpha/faq.html#serial-consoles. Briefly,
the 25 pin serial port is not the console. The console is the 6-wire MMJ
port.

Bye	Pavel