Subject: Re: newbie question on enabling console
To: Joe Music <wrapmeister@yahoo.com>
From: Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 12/08/2004 15:25:46
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:06:06 -0800 (PST), Joe Music
<wrapmeister@yahoo.com> wrote:
> When installing the 1.6.1 netboot CD onto a RaQ2, I
> connected what I thought was a null modem cable
> (crossed send/receive lines) to the RaQ's serial port.
>  Both HyperTerminal & TerraTerm claim there is no
> connection to the RaQ.  Is there some button
> incantation I need to do on the RaQ side to enable
> serial port output?  Otherwise, my cable is probably
> suspect.
> 
> Thanks for any & all comments.

Nope. As long as your settings on the client side are correct (and the
FAQ page has all this info), then it should "just work". If it works
like the Qube, it will start spewing out stuff practically the instant
the power switch is turned on.

Andy