Re: [TCLUG:19105] Alpha problems

[Charles Clifton Fulton <cf352197@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>]

I'd need a proper null modem cable instead of just a patch cable to do
that right?

I've never set up serial terminal before... I looked through the HOW-TOs
but it wasn't clear if I could use the Linux box as a terminal for 
something else.  Mostly what I saw was how to set up a terminal on a
Linux box serial port.

Charlie


On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Mike Hicks wrote:

> > I changed the boot setting from NT to Digital UNIX and powered the system
> > down like it asked me to.  Now I don't get any output from the video card.
> > The keyboard LEDs blink and it beeps just as usual but doesn't display
> > anything.
> 
> I know next to nothing about Alphas, but I'm curious if you would get
> anything by connecting a laptop or something to the serial port. 
> Perhaps the Digital UNIX mode doesn't initialize the video card,
> assuming that you're going for the headless server situation..
> 
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