Subject: Re: any success with serial boot on PB 170?
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
From: Scott Reynolds <scottr@edsi.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/01/1996 21:43:04
On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, Bill Studenmund wrote:

> Huh? What kind of computer do you have? A PB 170? From NetBSD's point
> of view, they both work the same. If one works, the other should.

>From NetBSD's point of view, sure, but we're talking about the booter 
here.  Something is wrong with the way the booter and the kernel talk to 
each other, or perhaps the settings that the kernel is initializing the 
port to.  This is a IIx, as well, so it's not anything special.

> The only possible hang-ups would be either if you had different
> settings in /etc/ttys for instance, turning getty on on one and not
> the other, or turning getty on on the console and on the tty you put
> the console on.

This is not an issue with a serial console.

--scott