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Re: booting i386 over serial

From: Aaron Jackson (jacksonnegril.msrce.howard.edu)
Date: Sun Nov 21 2004 - 15:26:02 CST


On Nov 21, 2004, at 4:03 PM, knitti wrote:

> for the archive, you can build your "complete" null-modem cable with
> this reference: <http://nullmodem.com/NullModem.htm>

I use two DB9 to RJ45 adapters with a rollover cable that comes with
all Cisco equipment. There are literally several hundreds of these
lying around where I used to work. People started to throw them
away...

  When I want to connect to my Mac laptop (no serial port) I use a cheap
USB to Serial adapter i.e.

  http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/pdaadapter/