Subject: Re: Booting NetBSD/HP300 on serial console
To: Mark Willey - NetBSD HP300 List <mfwhp@kids.sc.intel.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@cs.orst.edu>
List: port-hp300
Date: 12/15/1994 16:36:33
On Thu, 15 Dec 1994 16:06:44 -0800 (PST)
Mark Willey - NetBSD HP300 List <mfwhp@kids.sc.intel.com> wrote:
> Both have the same-looking RGB plugs, by messed up, I mean three columns
> of what should be one column, with a raggedy looking sync problem.
Sounds to me like you've mismatched a Topcat video board with a Catseye
monitor or vice-versa...They're both fixed-frequency, but at a different
rate...
> So... I'm trying to boot it via the serial port. Does anyone know what
> settings to use for speed + parity, etc, and what should I expect to see on
> my terminal? I tried 9600bps ? parity, and got '@' and that's it... Yes,
> I am using a null modem cable.
I've used E71 on /dev/tty0 and 8N1 on /dev/console on an hp360.
> BTW, this system still has HPUX - I can put NetBSD 1.0 disks on it though.
> Also, this is two CPU boxes forming one. I'm guessing that only one has a
> CPU in it???
Yeah - which model is it, per chance?
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