From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 3 16:58:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB05116A419 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 16:58:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from smtpoutm.mac.com (smtpoutm.mac.com [17.148.16.83]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9349013C458 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 16:58:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (asmtp001-s [10.150.69.64]) by smtpoutm.mac.com (Xserve/smtpout020/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id m03GwruZ021784; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:58:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from macbook-pro.jnpr.net (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/asmtp001/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id m03Gwp04006331 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:58:52 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <730BC145-5923-4FF0-A932-3C965AE7802A@mac.com> From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Rafal Jaworowski In-Reply-To: <477CDE72.1020904@semihalf.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:58:50 -0800 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> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Half-dead G4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:58:54 -0000 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