[SunRescue] Help needed to boot up Sparcstation 5!

[James Lockwood]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Richard Close wrote:

>  I have connected serial port A with a NULL modem cable (I normally use it
> for my modem!)

A cable that connects DTE (such as your computer) to DCE (your modem) is
wired straight through.  You need a null-modem cable, one configured to go
from DTE to DTE.

>  I have removed the keyboard and even tried removing the graphics card but I
> just can't get 
> _anything_ coming out of the Sun's serial port at boot up. 

Use the right cable and unplug the keyboard from the Sun.

-James