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Re: Curious why the PowerMac G5 quad needs a monitor to boot



On 5/8/19 1:25 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> Sounds too much like work for an annoying little thing.
> I will connect a KVM to it perhaps and that may solve it without
> knowing why it happens.  As for a serial port or serial console,
> in my dreams. There is no way that I know to attach a serial
> port to these old things.

The older the hardware, the easier it usually is to hook up a serial
console. And it's usually a very good idea to use a serial console
as this is always the lowest common denominator.

Adrian

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