On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 11:55:31AM -0700, MB wrote: > I am looking for anyone with working knowledge of pc/104 boards. I have > a 486 board with no apparent video output, but with 10MB network, and 2 > pcmcia card slots ( with wireless cards currently ). [...] > The board I have is VERY similar to: > > http://www.microcomputersystems.com/msi-cm486.pdf > > I tried emailing them, but go no response. > > I am looking for: > > 1. keyboard connection > 2. serial port(s) > 3. some way to just read/write the flash disk, and reset the root passwd
Well the PDF you gave above says that the board has keyboard and serial ports included... you will need to build your own connectors to convert the pins into a standard cable. If you connect up a pc/104 VGA card to the device you will be able to see the console output on bootup... maybe someone here has a video board? Also if you build a serial connector is is possible that the linux system has one of the two serial devices configured as the console, hooking that machine up to a desktop over a null-modem and seeing what you get would be a good idea. Have you confirmed the board you have is really from microcomputersystems? or could it be from some other vendor? -- GPG key: http://simons-clan.com/~msimons/gpg/msimons.asc Fingerprint: 524D A726 77CB 62C9 4D56 8109 E10C 249F B7FA ACBE
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