[parisc-linux] How to attach a console to a HP9000 E45 server?

[Gyula Matics]

> But perhaps you could supply a translation, as your responses

OK, here is your chance to learn Hungarian.

> Szia,

Hi,

> >    a HP 9000 E45 server
> oreg joszag. 7100LC 80Mhz, ha jol latom LASI van benne,
> jo esely van arra, hogy mar a mostani kernel is tud
> vele valamit kezdeni.

an old beast. 7100LC 80Mhz, and if i'm correct it has
LASI so there is a pretty good chance that the current
kernel can do something with it.

> >    MDP MUX - what the hell it is exactly???
> valoszinuleg egy olyan szerkezet, aminek az egyik vegen
> soros portok, a masikon meg halozat van.

it's a thing with serial lines on one end and probably
lan on the other.

> >    a HP 700/96 terminal with serial and paralell port
> a leggyakrabban hasznalt sima soros terminal. A Data
> feliratu portjat kell hasznalni (szeles soros port)

it's the most commonly used simple serial terminal. You
need to use the prot labelled 'Data' to connect to the
server.

> >    and a SCSI storage box...
> ha az osszes szerkezethez tudsz mondani termekszamot, akkor
> megmondom, hogy pontosan mik. A1234A formatumuak szoktak
> lenni a szamok.

if you can tell me the product numbers for all of your thing
then i can probably tell you what they are. The product numbers
are usually in the A1234A format.

> > We think there is an operating system on the server, because it
> > seems to boot, but we cannot connect the terminal properly, so we
> > don't see anything. (Only a menu of the terminal in German language
> > :(((( )
> a terminal nyelve ha jol emlekszem atallithato. nyomd meg a user/menu
> gombot, aztan F8 es valahol arrafele.

IIRC the language of the terminal can be changed. press the user/menu
button the F8, then whatever seems appropriate.

> A terminalt resetelni ugy tudod, hogy bekapcsolas kozben lenyomva
> tartod D betut. Marmint a terminal bekapcsolasa kozben.

you can reset the terminal by holding down D while turning on it.
I mean while turning on the terminal.

> >    How can we connect the terminal to the server or can we replace
> >    this terminal with a terminal emulator on PC?
> 96008N1, mukodnie kell tetszoleges terminal emulatorral.

it should work with any terminal emulator, the format is 9600N1

> >    What does the bootp mean? We think it means that we can boot Linux
over
> >    network with bootp/tftp?
> az egyfajta boot protokoll es igen, a linux kernelt most legkonyebben
> boot-vel tudod elinditani a szerveren.

that is a kind of boot protocoll and yes this is the easiest
way to boot the linux kernel currently.

Gyula