not sure if graphics terminal is the right word, it's a TTY. It's very easy to do, the default settings of the sun boxes tended to be 9600,8,N,1 basically you plug the terminal in via the correct lead (normal serial or null modem, depending on wether your terminal is a DCE or a DTE, most tend to be DCE). If the sun bios doesn't detect a keyboard or graphics head it defaults to serial port A. Debian is fairly easy to get up and running - once you have sussed out how the Sun bios works.
HTH, Ian -----Original Message----- From: Alasdair Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 06 June 2002 09:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scottish] Sun Servers I've just came into posession of two old Sun servers. The problem is this...the graphics output is for Sun monitors...I don't have a Sun monitor...How can I use them? I've heard someone mention running the graphics (terminal) over the serial port, but I've no idea how to do that, and the converters I managed to find were >$100. Please help, Alasdair... -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ Scottish Enterprise Network http://www.scottish-enterprise.com Headquarters Address & Contact Numbers 150 Broomielaw 5 Atlantic Quay Glasgow G2 8LU. Tel: +44 (0) 141 248 2700. Fax: +44 (0)141 221 3217 This message is sent in confidence for the addressee only. It may contain legally privileged information. The contents are not to be disclosed to anyone other than the addressee. Unauthorised recipients are requested to preserve this confidentiality and to advise the sender immediately of any error in transmission. -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
