does length affect the pinout? I mean I even tried just hooking up the null modem cable placing the two PC's backs to each other. It should work in that case, right? I'm not at the computer now, but I'll try the Ctrl+break. So the procedure would go:
1. hookup short null modem cable to each end ((only) one 9-pin female on P3 and one 25-pin male on Blade Serial Port A (not B or others?)), 2. the blade will be off, 3. then on the P3 issue the command as root: cu -l /dev/tty00 (assume this over cua00?) -s 9600, 4. it should say connected on the P3, 5. then power on the Sun w/o keyboard and monitor, 6. wait for 30-60 seconds 7. should see POST messages in terminal 8. Hit Ctrl+Break? 9. and I'm set with the OK> prompt? When exactly do I hit Ctrl+Break? Also, before I issue "cu", when I login to the P3 running OBSD, what do I set as the terminal type: VT100 or Sun? Correct my procedure if it's wrong. Thanks guys, Vivek On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Brynet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vivek Ayer wrote: >> But the cable is short, so I got a regular extension cable to >> hook up to it. > > It might be advisable to get a longer null modem cable, as you know.. > the different between a null modem and strait through cable is the > pinout. > > Good luck. > > -Brynet
