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Re: Indigo 2 boot



On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 02:17:34PM -0700, bum beep wrote:
> 
> 2)Right below the IMPACT graphics card is a 9-pin
> female serial port. Can I use this port to connect to
> my PC(acting as the serial console) or do I have to
> use the non-standard SGI serial port?

The 9-pin port on the IMPACT graphics is not a serial port,
but rather a genlock port for stereovision shutter glasses.

You have to use the DIN-8 serial ports on the Indigo2.
This cabling scheme might help:
http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/ths/linux-mips/doc/i2-pinout

Regards,

Florian



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