Serial console from sparc to i386?

2005-06-01 Thread Mike Sazhin 

Hello,

I want to try sparc with OpenBSD and see if it is useful for what I do. I do
not have a monitor or keyboard that can go with it so I hope to be able to
install using a serial console. I have done this on i386 to i386. Now I 
want to

know if (with the proper cable, and what kind might it be?) it is possible
to run a serial console on the sparc and control it from an i386. Or are
the two systems so different that that is impossible? Are there any other
ways to install OpenBSD without monitor/keyboard?

Thanks,
Mike

PS This is the system I have if it makes a difference:

Sun ULTRA 1 Creator 3D UltraSPARC 167MHz 128MB RAM

Re: Serial console from sparc to i386?

2005-06-01 Thread Janne Johansson 

Mike Sazhin wrote:


Hello,

I want to try sparc with OpenBSD and see if it is useful for what I 
do. I do
not have a monitor or keyboard that can go with it so I hope to be 
able to
install using a serial console. I have done this on i386 to i386. Now 
I want to
know if (with the proper cable, and what kind might it be?) it is 
possible

to run a serial console on the sparc and control it from an i386. Or are
the two systems so different that that is impossible? Are there any other
ways to install OpenBSD without monitor/keyboard?

Thanks,
Mike

PS This is the system I have if it makes a difference:

Sun ULTRA 1 Creator 3D UltraSPARC 167MHz 128MB RAM

I've done that, installed an sparc5 with no keyboard, no monitor and 
only a serial null cable to a i386 obsd that handled both netbooting the 
sparc and talking console with it. No problems.

Re: Serial console from sparc to i386?

2005-06-01 Thread Sean Brown 
On June 1, 2005 9:58 am, Mike Sazhin wrote:
 Hello,

 I want to try sparc with OpenBSD and see if it is useful for what I do. I
 do not have a monitor or keyboard that can go with it so I hope to be able
 to install using a serial console. I have done this on i386 to i386. Now I
 want to
 know if (with the proper cable, and what kind might it be?) it is possible
 to run a serial console on the sparc and control it from an i386. Or are
 the two systems so different that that is impossible? Are there any other
 ways to install OpenBSD without monitor/keyboard?

 Thanks,
 Mike

 PS This is the system I have if it makes a difference:

 Sun ULTRA 1 Creator 3D UltraSPARC 167MHz 128MB RAM

You need a null modem cable and set your terminal emulator to 9600 8N1. Start 
the system without a keyboard attached and it will default to using Serial A 
as the console device. Be careful exiting whatever terminal emulator you 
decide to use as they may send a break to the system which would cause it to 
drop to the ok prompt.

Its really quite simple.