From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from www.linux.org.uk (parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk [195.92.249.252]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C70B482A for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 08:56:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: from willy by www.linux.org.uk with local (Exim 3.33 #5) id 16uaZY-0005ED-00; Mon, 08 Apr 2002 15:56:44 +0100 Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 15:56:44 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Ahbaid Gaffoor Cc: parisc Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] K220 - Setup via. Console Message-ID: <20020408155644.F27547@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <3CB12C3E.B6FB23DB@attbi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <3CB12C3E.B6FB23DB@attbi.com>; from ahbaidg@attbi.com on Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 10:35:58PM -0700 Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 10:35:58PM -0700, Ahbaid Gaffoor wrote: > I have a K220. I'd like to install the latest release of PA-RISC Linux > on it but I need to first of all be able to console into it. You'll have trouble when it does come up -- we don't have proper console support yet. > I am trying to use the console cable I have used with Sun boxes on this > machine, however I just cannot get it to work? My terminal emulation is > done via HyperTerminal on a laptopb via. COM1 I think Sun have their own strange pinout whereas HP use a standard null-modem cable. > What seeting do I need on my terminal emulator? Or is there some jumper > I have to set to allow this to work? Currently I use 9600 8N1, I also > tried 7E1 but still no luck... 9600 8N1, no hardware or software flow control is the right setting to get firmware to talk to you. By the way, we don't have a K220 in the hwdb yet; the closest we have is a K210. Please go to http://hwdb.parisc-linux.org/add.php3?type=machine and follow the instructions. We hope to have support for the console on the K-class later this year... -- Revolutions do not require corporate support.