[Soekris] Can't access serial console, but boots OK

[Jan Ceuleers]

Saúl Ibarra wrote:
> First of all, thanks for your fast replies!! The cable is correct, I 
> bought a null modem cable, and I did a loopback test with it, I 
> connected rx and tx pins an hooked it up to my pc, and hyperterminal 
> displays characters correctly, so this means the cable is correct.

Saúl,

That test would still work if you had the wrong cable. In order to 
really test the cable, connect it between any two serial ports on the 
same computer (or on different computers; the point is that you must 
have DTEs at both ends, rather than a DTE and a DCE (such as a modem)).

On the Ctrl-P issue, please refer to section 2.3 of the manual at 
http://www.soekris.com/Manuals/net4801_manual.pdf .

The fastboot option is documented at 
http://www.soekris.com/Software/changelog.txt .

Cheers, Jan