I'd need a proper null modem cable instead of just a patch cable to do that right? I've never set up serial terminal before... I looked through the HOW-TOs but it wasn't clear if I could use the Linux box as a terminal for something else. Mostly what I saw was how to set up a terminal on a Linux box serial port. Charlie On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Mike Hicks wrote: > > I changed the boot setting from NT to Digital UNIX and powered the system > > down like it asked me to. Now I don't get any output from the video card. > > The keyboard LEDs blink and it beeps just as usual but doesn't display > > anything. > > I know next to nothing about Alphas, but I'm curious if you would get > anything by connecting a laptop or something to the serial port. > Perhaps the Digital UNIX mode doesn't initialize the video card, > assuming that you're going for the headless server situation.. > > -- > _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ Vulcans have less fun. > / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ > \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) > [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org