Re: serial console unplugged, boot hangs, help !

[Richard Bignell <rjb@pierconsulting.com>]

Marc,

Thanks for the suggestion, I've made up the plug as described and the 
machine boots without serial console - just what I need for a box in 
a rack.

Thanks again,
Richard

>Richard Bignell writes:
>
> > nothing else happens on the VGA screen. Great, ...but... I checked
> > what happens if the terminal (minicom on Linux in my case) is
> > unplugged at boot time, and the boot process *hangs* !! When I plug
>
>Guess: the software is looking for `carrier' which is gone when the
>term is unplugged.  If that is the problem and you can't get around
>it in software you can always make a plug that ties CTS to RTS and
>DTR to DCD and DSR to make things happy.
>
>// marc

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