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Date: 11 Feb 89 10:49:31 GMT
From: unisoft!peritek!dig@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (David Gotwisner)
Organization: Peritek Corp., Oakland, CA
Subject: Re: Running a VAXstation with a serial console
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In article <8902100643.AA21596@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, KEVIN@ncdlab.ulcc.ac.UK writes:
> Does anyone know whether it is possible to force a VAXstation II (actually
> a II/RC, but I don't think that matters) to ignore it's graphic console
> when it boots, and use the serial console instead ?
>
> ...
>
> Can anyone enlighten us ? Thanks very much for any assistance....
>
> Kevin Ashley, University Of London Computer Centre.
In order to reestablish the console terminal long enough to boot, you need to
pull out the GPX card set. This will force it to use the normal console on the
back of the MicroVAX.
When the system comes up, edit /etc/ttys file as root from another terminal
(a login will probably not be running on your console), comment out the X
lines (xinit, xterm, xcons, etc -- see example lines below) using # at the
start of the line.
ttyv0 "/usr/bin/xterm -L -rv =100x48+195+0 local:0" xterm on secure window="/usr/bin/X 0"
xcons "/usr/bin/xcons 10 ttyv0" none on nomodem
becomes
#ttyv0 "/usr/bin/xterm -L -rv =100x48+195+0 local:0" xterm on secure window="/usr/bin/X 0"
#xcons "/usr/bin/xcons 10 ttyv0" none on nomodem
Next, add a line like the following to bring a getty up on your new console
port:
console "/etc/getty std.9600" vt100sp on secure # console terminal
Do a "kill -1 1" to restart init, and you should now be able to log in on
your console.
At least this worked when we had a similar problem recently (our GPX card
set died).
Remember to maintain interrupt continuity on the bus when you remove the cards.
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