> Richard Ervin wrote:
> > 
> > No luck with the Takashi kernels.
> > 
> > One thing - I realized that I had not yet built my devices, so I did that.
> > Still it won't boot in any of the modes. Now, though, it hangs in different
> > ways depending on my boot options.  But I still can't get ANYTHING from
> > either Serial Console OR Boot Echo.
> 
> Does it ever get beyond the ADB stuff?
Not that I can tell - I only know that the last message displayed on the
console is the adb: cleanup: nothing returned message.  If anything is
happening beyond that, I can't tell from the console output>
> 
> > I'm using 9600 8n1 as the instructions specify.
> 
> Hmm. I'll assume you cabling is ok. (You are using a null modem, right?,
> or a dumb terminal?) 
I tested the connection with Zterm on both ends, then booted the console
without quitting zterm first - nothing.
> 
> The thing with PowerBooks, which have power management, is that the
> serial ports are powered OFF by default unless something turns them
> on. I think that the 1.9.4 booter has an option to open the serial 
> ports before switching to BSD so that they are powered on before the
> boot starts.
I am using that option on the 1.9.4 booter.