No subject

(PS Not strictly on topic, but I would really like to assist in the PA
RISC port as a tester etc and I cannot do this without access to
console!).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Taggart [mailto:taggart at rascal.fc.hp.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 9:35 PM
> To: MaShaun Jones
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox; bkatz at agilent.com; parisc-linux at thepuffingroup.com
> Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] How to set serial console on 712 (fwd) 
> 
> 
> 
> MaShaun Jones writes...
> 
>  >Is there a way to use a serial console with a 715 however?
> 
> As someone mentioned previously, just unplug the keyboard. 
> Almost all HP-PA 
> workstations will go to serial if they can't find a keyboard. 
> The only one 
> I know of that doesn't is the 712. If you want to force an HP-PA 
> workstation to serial(even if a keyboard is plugged in) then set the 
> console path in the firmware. It varies by machine but it's 
> usually pretty 
> easy. The "help" command should give you an example for the 
> machine you're 
> on. The 712 was purposely obfuscated so people wouldn't use 
> serial console.
> 
> -- 
> Matt Taggart
> taggart at fc.hp.com
> 
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