From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id OAA99550 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 14:35:35 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id OAA07198 for linux-list; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 14:34:40 -0800 (PST) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id OAA59227 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 14:34:38 -0800 (PST) mail_from (shaver@netscape.com) Received: from netscape.com (h-205-217-237-47.netscape.com [205.217.237.47]) by sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id OAA06184 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 14:34:28 -0800 (PST) mail_from (shaver@netscape.com) Received: from tintin.mcom.com (tintin.mcom.com [205.217.233.42]) by netscape.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA26886 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 14:34:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from netscape.com ([205.217.243.67]) by tintin.mcom.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.01 Dec 31 1998 03:21:10) with ESMTP id F70HDE00.ECO; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 14:34:26 -0800 Message-ID: <36C35B4C.C163D287@netscape.com> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 17:35:56 -0500 From: Mike Shaver Organization: Just Another Snake Cult X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.0-pre7-ac1 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Richard Hartensveld CC: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: serial console cable specs References: <36C31EC1.61242174@netscape.com> <36C329D6.7181C7E6@infopact.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Richard Hartensveld wrote: > > And, in the meantime, how can I force my Indy back to console=g? > > also under irix, you can use the program nvram and do: > > nvram console g > > or set the environment from within the bootprom. No, you see, my problem is that I can't type at the boot prom (busted cable) or boot the system (autoboot is off, which is usually a feature). Mike -- 180790.79 150203.05