On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 17:16:55 +0200 Jan-Benedict Glaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-10-01 09:37:01 +0100, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I've transitioned my Ultra 10 from my primary Desktop machine to > > > network server (having acquired a powerbook for my primary needs - > > > still trying to get Evolution compiled on that.) I would like to > > > access this Ultra 10 only through a serial cable & ethernet, without > > > monitor or keyboard. I should be able to do this through some settings > > > in Open Firmware right? > > OpenBoot should do it automatically - hook up the serial cable and > > unplug the monitor and keyboard. You can set it to always use serial > > but I would have thought leaving it on auto switching was best. > > Um, with my SS10, ROM 2.25, this doesn't happen. I have to explicitely > set serial I/O if I want that. Simply unplugging keyboard (which works > nicely on another SS10 with an older ROM version) doesn't help here... I also have an Ultra10, and when you boot, the PROM expects a console on the serial port if it doesn't detect the sun keyboard. Every boot mesage is send to the serial port after a warning. Try booting with your keyboard unplugged and see if it works for you. Emmanuel
