SUMMARY:Booting an IPX with no monitor?

Victor Germani (vgermani@roch875.mc.xerox.com)
Mon, 01 Dec 1997 14:37:45 -0800 (PST)

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> Thanks to all who responded. I think I either may have
> not used a null modem cable or I may have had a keyboard
> plugged in.

Basically, the system checks to see if a keyboard is present
(not a monitor!) before it trys the tty port.

The cable should be a null modem cable (pins 2&3 are
crossed).

The port settings should be 9600,n,8,1 (Serial port
default).

I will try to verify this and repost if necessary.

Thanks to:
thadm@oregonian.com (Thad MacMillan)
Charlie Mengler <charliem@anchorchips.com>
Matthew Stier <Matthew.Stier@tddny.fujitsu.com>
anil sikri <asikri@rocketmail.com>

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