[SunHELP] Disabling serial console on no keyboard/video?

Steve Sandau ssandau at gwi.net
Sat Apr 9 18:19:42 CDT 2005


Torquil MacCorkle, III wrote:
> Anyone know a way to disable this behavior?  I have a couple systems
> with modems on the lone serial port, and if I disconnect the keyboard,
> the modem ceases to work.  I figure it can be done in OpenBoot
> somehow?
> 
> 

What system is it that has a lone serial port? If it is a combination 
A/B port, you might be able to set the input and output devices to ttyb 
in openboot

Or you could get/make the serial adapter and put the modem on ttyb.

Steve



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