From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 26 02:55:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D44B437B401 for ; Mon, 26 May 2003 02:55:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.distalzou.net (203.141.139.231.user.ad.il24.net [203.141.139.231]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C4B143F3F for ; Mon, 26 May 2003 02:55:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from devin@spamcop.net) Received: from borosilicate.pun-pun.prv ([192.168.7.29]) by mail.distalzou.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.20) id 19KEhF-000Cvv-Qj; Mon, 26 May 2003 18:55:13 +0900 Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 18:55:13 +0900 (JST) From: Tod McQuillin X-X-Sender: devin@borosilicate.pun-pun.prv To: Terry Lambert In-Reply-To: <3ED1E174.1FF28676@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <20030526185421.G48601@borosilicate.pun-pun.prv> References: <20030526041513.GP81874@procyon.firepipe.net> <20030526085938.GA70751@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3ED1E174.1FF28676@mindspring.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org cc: Will Andrews Subject: Re: Best serial console server construction method? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 09:55:24 -0000 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