Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:58:50 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: Rafal Jaworowski <raj@semihalf.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Half-dead G4 Message-ID: <730BC145-5923-4FF0-A932-3C965AE7802A@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <477CDE72.1020904@semihalf.com> References: <200712301041.36623.jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> <20080101173551.cc92a546.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <200801011239.55665.jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> <477BB7A8.6030200@gwi.net> <20080102173956.GA22669@volatile.engineering.cwru.edu> <6B401446-ADAB-4D1E-BB21-39D51A9F6DFC@mac.com> <477CDE72.1020904@semihalf.com>
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On Jan 3, 2008, at 5:09 AM, Rafal Jaworowski wrote: > 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.. Alas, no. I seem to recall that it should be possible to connect to the modem in a leased-line setup (i.e. no dialing) and use the serial console that way. Unfortunately, I haven't had the time yet to try that out for myself... -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com
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