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Date:      Wed, 16 Aug 2000 18:14:04 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Otter <otterr@telocity.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: serial communication with Sparc Station 20
Message-ID:  <20000816181404.T4854@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <GDEAIACIKICEEDHCEENEGEEECAAA.otterr@telocity.com>; from otterr@telocity.com on Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 12:05:19PM -0400
References:  <GDEAIACIKICEEDHCEENEGEEECAAA.otterr@telocity.com>

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* Otter <otterr@telocity.com> [000816 13:38] wrote:
> I've got a Sparc with no ethernet access. Because of this, I've
> connected a serial cable to it so I can have a console login on the
> Sparc from my FreeBSD box over ethernet when I'm remote. Currently,
> I'm using Kermit, but haven't ben able to figure out or find out how
> to send the Stop+A signal needed to get to the Open Boot Prom prompt.
> How can I do this from a PC keyboard? OBP is v2.15, if it matters. If
> any of you have any suggestions or personal experience with this, I am
> not opposed to using other apps for getting this functionality. Any
> recommendations? TIA.

use 'cu', the manpage makes it look obscenely complex but it's really
as simple as:

cu -l /dev/cuaaX -s 9600

you can then use ~# to send break and ~. to exit cu.

-Alfred


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