Re: sparcstation serial consoles

doofus <tumbleweed@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I understand that if no keyboard is present on a sparc, it will fall
back to ttya as an i/o console.

If the configured 'input-device' isn't present, then it will fall back
to ttya.

Is it possible to have serial console access simultaneously with a
proper keyboad console attached? Even on workstations it would be
useful to have remote console access for emergency situations.

Keyboard attached, yes. Keyboard console, no.

There is only one "console", which is determined by the OBP at boot
time. All boot messages and OBP interaction go there.

You can attach a keyboard and use it on the machine while Solaris is
running for normal user logins, but you cannot use it as a console if
ttya is the console.

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