Re: A180C

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:23:37 -0700, Andy Ruhl <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:03:36 +0200, Jochen Kunz
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 04:03:29PM -0700, Andy Ruhl wrote:
> >
> > > > Give me your A180C and I will boot NetBSD on it. ;-)
> > > I'm not at liberty to give it away,
> > I thought that, but that is no problem.
> >
> > > but if I can get a kernel booted
> > > on it sometime I may be able to get you access.
> > Once the PCI code works it may be nice if you boot a kernel and send me
> > a log of the boot messages.
> >
> > > I thought there might be some way to netboot it, but I'm not sure how
> > > the firmware deals with that. I'll have to read up on it.
> > It is quite simple. Interrupt the boot process so that you get to the
> > firmware prompt and type "boot lan<RETURN>". The machine now broadcasts
> > a BOOTP/DHCP querry to the LAN... Once the DHCP is done it loads a
> > LIF kernel image via tftp and later it mounts its / via NFS. Nothing
> > special.
> 
> Any recommendations on getting Hyperterminal working with the A180C
> (Ugh, I know, Windows, but this is work.)? I can't get it to see the
> console, and nothing is plugged into the web console. I'm a noob with
> serial consoles though...

I got the web console working, but still no luck with the serial
console. I'll try it again later. I'm not sure I have a good cable. I
see the settings should be 9600 8N1, anything else special?

Thanks.

Andy