Re: Woody on IBM RS/6000 7025 F50
George Karaolides wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have no idea whether the Matrox G200 shipped with the box.
Hmmm might have... doesn't matter it should work and does work with linux.
Now this is an RS/6000 Matrox card .... right?
> Any pointers on how to use Minicom to access the console on the serial
> port? I have a null modem cable right here but I haven't tried this
> before.
Just fire it up... connect 9600 8N1 ... just works!
You can pass console=ttyS0,9600 then to use serial...
>
> If indeed the kernel is running, I should be able to connect via the
> serial port at any time after boot, is that correct?
Yup ... or see the wonderful xmon problem... which means you're
in the kernel debugger. 8-/
Regards,
Tom
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