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From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Sparc/NetBSD: Switching to serial console when you *really* have to!
Date: 18 Jul 1997 11:49:07 -0700
Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc.
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In article <rreiner.869242843@nexus.yorku.ca>,
Richard Reiner <rreiner@fscinternet.com> wrote:

>Problem: how to switch sparc 1+ to serial console (with any reasonable
>but *known* serial port parameters) -- without seeing what I'm doing.

Why not just yank the frame buffer, and then you can see what you're
doing? In fact, I've got a working SS1 and monitor with a broken CG6,
so you could send it to me. :-)

cjs
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