On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > So, is boot0sio supposed to just work with a cheap USB->RS232 dongle > at the other end? I don't know how this paragraph from boot0cfg(8) is > affecting me. > > > -b boot0 > Specify which `boot0' image to use. The default is > /boot/boot0 which will use the video card as output, alternatively > /boot/boot0sio can be used for output to the COM1 port. (Be aware > that nothing will be output to the COM1 port unless the modem signals > DSR and CTS are active.) If by "other end" you mean the PC that ISN'T using boot0sio then I think it would work fine. Even a really shitty RS232 dongle would get DSR & CTS right otherwise stuff like modems wouldn't work with it either.. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C
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