Subject: Re: VAXstation 3100 m76 installation.
To: Tony Magni <afm@cwru.edu>
From: Frederik Meerwaldt <frederik@freddym.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/30/2000 23:33:07
Hi!

> I am trying to install via tape TK50 (show device under ultrix column says
> TK13) on a 3100 76 with color, hence I have a few questions:
> 	I know that I cannot install nor run any kernel with the color
> card ( that's what I understood, at least). If I remove the card, the

Right.

> machine starts up fine, but the screen (which is a digital original that
> came with machine) will not show anything. So I would have to do the
> install from serial console. But: do I have to remove the color card to
> install over serial, or can I leave it in?

You can leave it in, but the S3 switch has to be set to the serial
console.

> 	where can I find pinouts for a terminal serial cable? settings
> have to be 9600bps and what else? ( I saw this stuff in a posting already,
> but I just subscribed, and grepping through them now would be crazy)

www.vaxarchive.org

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Best Regards,
	Freddy

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