Half-dead G4

[Marcel Moolenaar]

On Jan 3, 2008, at 5:09 AM, Rafal Jaworowski wrote:

> Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
>>
>> Serial consoles work out if the box. That is, when you set the  
>> console
>> to be serial in OFW, FreeBSD uses that. This is known to work on a
>> Xserve G4. However, you do need a machine with an actual serial port,
>> not a built-in modem.
>>
>
> BTW: is anyone aware of a third party PCI/PCMCIA serial card that is
> recognized and working with Apple OF? I tried a couple of standard  
> devices
> with Powermac G3/G4, but no success..

Alas, no. I seem to recall that it should be possible to connect
to the modem in a leased-line setup (i.e. no dialing) and use the
serial console that way. Unfortunately, I haven't had the time yet
to try that out for myself...

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
xcllnt at mac.com