AIX question

[Gwendolynn ferch Elydyr]

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Jennifer Davis wrote:
> The box is in Atlanta.  The SE is claiming the serial console isn't giving
> him an option to go to single user mode.  From my understanding he should
> see a menu whether he is on a serial console, or attached with monitor and
> IBM keyboard.  I have barely touched AIX, so I'm asking in the hope that
> someone with many years of AIX experience can pipe up and say "Yes he
> should be able to see this menu and press 5 to get to single user
> boot from the serial console".

Hrm. I have to admit that the first thing that comes to mind my is "can
he get a serial console at all".  IBM uses the -other- null modem standard
from sun/cisco/everybody else.

cheers!
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