[Sunhelp] Sparcstation 2

[Bill Bradford]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 11:57:49AM -0600, empcompany wrote:
> Hello All!
> I have a newbie problem, that I thought I had seen a solution for, but
> cannot find it today:
> I have a sparcstation 2 (circa 1991), currently running Linux (redhat 6.0)
> 1) I want to use my Sparc without the monitor and keyboard (I want to
> administer it remotely). I understand that some of the Suns will reboot if
> the signal is lost from the serial (terminal) console. How do I modify my
> null modem so that the computer will not reboot if I disconnect the
> terminal?

Just unplug the cable BEFORE turning off the terminal.

> 1a) Will I loose any important messages, if there is not a terminal on the
> serial port?

Everything should be in your logfiles if your syslog.conf is setup right.

bill

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