Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 13:38:38 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best serial console server construction method? Message-ID: <20030526113838.GA71297@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3ED1E174.1FF28676@mindspring.com> References: <20030526041513.GP81874@procyon.firepipe.net> <20030526082236.C43487-100000@foem> <20030526085938.GA70751@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3ED1E174.1FF28676@mindspring.com>
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On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 02:42:12AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 08:24:04AM +0200, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > > You may want to check ebay (or its local ilk) for a serial terminal > > > server. They are usually available there and in the 25-75 dollar rang= e for > > > a <16 port version. > >=20 > > Yup, that should work. Say an old DECserver 700 or so. Works with > > 'conserver' (in ports) just dandy. We run something like that at work > > (albeit from Tru64) >=20 > 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 No they don'=00 (have to). Just install a PCMCIA sized flashcard with firmware and they will never bother you again. TCP/IP is all you need to talk to them from there on. --=20 | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte =09
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