On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, nate wrote: > Dante Bell said: > > Hi, I'm running RH 8.0 on an intel PC and want to use a serial port > > connection to a Sun Ultra 60 in order to configure/boot the sun for file > > server/web server in my home office. It's been about 10 years since I've > > done this and don't remember how, except that I used tip to connect over > > the seriel port ttys0 to the sun box. I don't see tip on the RH box. > > What should I use? Also, an even dumber question ... do I need a > > cross-over serial cable to make this setup work? > > you need a null modem cable if thats what you mean. The easiest way, > is to install minicom, configure it to 9600/8/N/1, disable all the > modem specific stuff(init strings and such), and connect to the sun on > serial port A. If the system does not respond, a fast way to get it > to respond is to reboot it if you can. You should see the openboot > stuff come up. Careful which port you plug into, several times I've > mistakenly plugged into the parallel port on ultra 10s thinkin it > was the serial port(they use the same damn connector!), and sat in > frustration for 20 minutes trying to figure out what the hell is > wrong :) > And also if you're used to tip, then "cu" should be a breeze for you. It's a part of the uucp rpm.
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