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Date:      Mon, 26 May 2003 18:55:13 +0900 (JST)
From:      Tod McQuillin <devin@spamcop.net>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Will Andrews <will@csociety.org>
Subject:   Re: Best serial console server construction method?
Message-ID:  <20030526185421.G48601@borosilicate.pun-pun.prv>
In-Reply-To: <3ED1E174.1FF28676@mindspring.com>
References:  <20030526041513.GP81874@procyon.firepipe.net> <20030526085938.GA70751@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3ED1E174.1FF28676@mindspring.com>

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On Mon, 26 May 2003, Terry Lambert wrote:

> Be careful buying old DEC Servers, if you don't have a VMS
> or Tru64 box around; when they boot, they ask for their
> MOP_MOM.  8-).  Basically, their firmware gets downloaded
> via MOP, and they need something to talk to them to be able
> to boot (MOP = Maintenance Operations Protocol).

See /usr/ports/net/mopd.  I haven't used it but it seems to serve exactly
the purpose you describe.
-- 
Tod McQuillin



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