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Date:      Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:09:06 +0100
From:      Rafal Jaworowski <raj@semihalf.com>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Half-dead G4
Message-ID:  <477CDE72.1020904@semihalf.com>
In-Reply-To: <6B401446-ADAB-4D1E-BB21-39D51A9F6DFC@mac.com>
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Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> 
> Serial consoles work out if the box. That is, when you set the console
> to be serial in OFW, FreeBSD uses that. This is known to work on a
> Xserve G4. However, you do need a machine with an actual serial port,
> not a built-in modem.
> 

BTW: is anyone aware of a third party PCI/PCMCIA serial card that is
recognized and working with Apple OF? I tried a couple of standard devices
with Powermac G3/G4, but no success..

Rafal



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