if you don't plug in a keyboard, then the IPC should default to using the
serial port A for the console.  you may have to boot single user and
enable console login's on whatever os it has before the serial console
will work in multiuser mode for logins.

-Dan


On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Rafael Alejandro Hinojosa wrote:

> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I've done this before on my SPARCstation LX but now I've seemed to have
> forgotten just what to do.  The deal is I have this SPARCstation IPC from
> work that they have decided to get rid of.  So I asked, and they gave it
> to me.  They suspect that the HD is bad, but I figure I can always replace
> it, eventually.  
> 
> Anyway, I'd like to see if I can get access to it.  Since I don't have a
> 13w3 monitor nor an adapter, I thought about using Zterm on a Mac to
> connect to it via serial cable.  But, I've seemed to have forgotten just
> exactly what to do or specify to get console text/access to appear.  
> 
> If any of you know any good sites that will provide me any information on
> this topic, please let me know.  I've looked over some of the links on the
> NetBSD SPARC port page, but came up empty-handed.  
> 
> Another question I have is about the OS that the IPC was/is running.  It
> probably ran Solaris something, and might still have it installed (if the
> disk is still working).  Is it possible to use console access over serial
> cable is the IPC might have an OS installed?  Or, do I have to somehow
> enable console over serial in some configuration file?  If this is the
> case, will console over serial work if I unplug the HD?  
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Web links would also be helpful.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Raf
> 
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> Rafael Alejandro Hinojosa
> 
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