On Sat, 9 Sep 1995 21:31:27 -0400 (EDT) 
 "Scott J. Ellentuch" <tuc@valhalla.stormking.com> wrote:

 > > The other thing you could do is to attach some terminal (or PC with
 > > terminal emulator) to ttya in 8N1 9600 baud, and turn the machine on with
 > > the "DIAG/NORM" switch in DIAG position.
 > >
 > 	The machine name is "ichabod" since it is "headless".  I do,
 > however, have a Wyse terminal in Serial A and *ALWAYS* keep the switch
 > on DIAG.

Umm ... why don't use use eeprom(8) (/usr/sbin/eeprom) to change the 
console to ttya?  Then you can go to NORM mode and still use the serial 
console.

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