AIX 4.3 - Booting from Serial

From: Dracos (dracos_at_pacific.net.sg)
Date: 12/30/03

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    Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:13:47 +0800

    Hi All,

    Anybody knows how to boot from the serial port of a RS6000. I am able to
    boot the BIOS/ROM portion, but is unable to boot the OS portion from the
    Serial console. Anybody has a write up on this?

    Please help.

    Thank you.

    Best Regards,
    Ken

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