On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 UkneeqFNG@aol.com wrote:

> I have tried the boot command five times in a row and still get the claim 
> failed message. How does that serial console work. I am going over to a 
> friends tonight that has a pc that is running freebsd. Is there a way I can 
> hook that computer to mine and run the serial console? If not...how else can 
> I do it?

If that happens, then you've got a different problem. :-)

For serial console to work, you need either a Mac LapLink cable, or a
mac-> modem & null modem or a mac -> modem & LapLink cable. Then you need
to set the firmware input-device and output-device to ttya or b. I think
the default baud rate is 38400.

On the FreeBSD box, try using "tip -38400 console". You need to be using a
direct connect line with no parity.

You can switch inputput-device and output-device independently. So you can
boot the G3 on screen/keyboard, then switch output-device to the serial
port to test. You can then keep typing commands on the keyboard & you
should see the output on the serial console.

I'm not sure though how serial console will help here. Dan?

Take care,

Bill