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Indigo serial console - lunatic - 01-31-2021
Hi,
I tried to get an Indigo to accept a serial console and noticed a problem.
I can get output on the serial port, but it won't show the PROM menu unless I pull out the graphics board. It should work if you set console=d, but unfortunately it does not. Is there a solution to this problem or will I have to store the graphics board somewhere else permanently?
thanks
RE: Indigo serial console - weblacky - 01-31-2021
Several SGIs won't show the PROM over serial if a keyboard is connected, perhaps try removing Mouse/Keyboard/Monitor from system?
RE: Indigo serial console - lunatic - 01-31-2021
(01-31-2021, 10:28 AM)weblacky Wrote: Several SGIs won't show the PROM over serial if a keyboard is connected, perhaps try removing Mouse/Keyboard/Monitor from system?
I always did that. I have removed the keyboard and set the console to "d". Still no PROM access when a graphics board is inserted, even though in and out a set to the serial console. Maybe it really is a limitation in the Indigo.
BTW: Does anybody here have the 4.0.5IOP = Indigo only patch? I am currently running 4.0.5F, which works fine, but will only recognize 128MB of RAM.
EDIT:
pretty strange results: when I pull out the graphics board, I can get access to the PROM, but the machine just refused to boot automatically. I can set AutoLoad=Yes, but when I switch the machine off and on,  AutoLoad is set to No again. Curiously, with a graphics board inserted, the machine boots fine automatically, won't offer me the choice to enter the PROM, but will still boot IRIX just fine with a serial console. I am somewhat puzzled, because I thought that there was a server version of the Indigo without graphics. It may not have been popular, but I think it existed.