Re: IPX boot from serial how?

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From: Craig Dewick as SRK
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 00:00

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In <7353j7$chn$1@eve.enteract.com> cosmos@NOSPAM.enteract.com writes:

>how do i get an IPX to boot from ttya or ttyb to a serial console?

Unplug the Sun keyboard, and it should automatically use serial port A as
the console when you turn it on.

If not, you can force it to use the serial port for the console with by
setting the 'input-device' and 'output-device' NVRAM parameters both to
'ttya'.

Regards,

Craig.
-- 
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From: cd@lios.apana.org.au (Craig Dewick as SRK)
Subject: Re: IPX boot from serial how?
Date: 1998/11/21
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