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- From: wilko@russia.idca.tds.philips.nl (Wilko Bulte)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: How does one boot a Sun 2 without a video card?
- Message-ID: <wilko.725055264@spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 20:14:24 GMT
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- rflukes@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard F. Lukes) writes:
-
- >Hello,
- >
- >I am trying to boot a Sun 2 (68010) system which has no video
- >subsystem. I would like to attach a VT100 to one of the CPU's
- >serial lines and use that as a console. How do I go about doing
- >this? Do I need special boot PROM's? (I have both versions of the
- >Sun 2 CPU board.)
-
- >Any help is greatly appreciated.
- >Thanks,
- >--Rich
-
- Connect the VT100 to ttya. Both CPU boards default to a serial console
- when no framebuffer is found. No PROMs to be changed. BTW 9600 baud.
- After a reset (powerup) the diagnostics etc display their info on
- the VT.
-
- Wilko
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