Re: can't get past BIOS...

On Sun, 2014-08-10 at 13:06 +0800, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
> I've inherited a 6501 from someone who doesn't remember what speed the
> serial port was left at, and isn't even sure if there's an OS on the
> drive.

Kernel normally reset the speed of tty, so it the bios tty and
 the kernel tty are not equal, you'll have gibberish.

Try to match kernel speed from the beginning using the same
 speed in bios

HTH

> 
> I'm trying to get started with booting the machine, but can't even get
> past step one: after trying two dud cables, I've got one that I'm pretty
> sure is crossover, but no matter what the speed and settings, I get
> gibberish on the console. I've spent several hours trying all reasonable
> settings, starting with 19200/8N1/no flow, and going out from there.
> 
> But I only get one short-ish line of gibberish -- the higher the speed,
> the longer the line. It sure doesn't look like a splash screen of any
> sort, and the router does not go on to boot an OS. Just the one line,
> then silence. Typing or hitting ^P has no effect at any stage.
> 
> So I'm assuming I'm hitting some early-stage error, and the line I'm
> seeing is simply a note to that effect (though I don't know why I can't
> get it to come through clearly).
> 
> Does this look like anything familiar to anyone? Any guesses as to what
> the error might be -- if there's a reasonably small pool of possible
> errors, I guess I could just try addressing them one by one to see if I
> hit it by accident. I have already tried wiggling most of the plugs :)

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