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Re: Hardware question



On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 13:28, Joshua Uziel wrote:
> * Brugier Pascal <pbrugier@easter-eggs.com> [020830 08:44]:
> > Yes, i'll try this solution as soon as i have my vga/sun adapter,
> > which i need to see the ethernet hardware address whith the OpenBoot.
> 
> No you don't... you just need a null serial cable to do this.  Connect
> to the system at 9600 8N1 and it should work fine.  In fact, you should
> be able to do a complete installation that way... most of my SPARCs get
> installed that way.

Just make sure to unplug the keyboard before booting so that the console
is redirected to the serial port.

-tduffy




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