Tyan Computer M3295 warranty ftp//smdcGuest53dcgop@66.122.195.2/smdc/M3291/firmware/Broadc om

serial=1,19200n8

#Change append="root=LABEL=/" to append="root=LABEL=/ console=ttyS1,19200n8

console=tty0"

After changing and saving the lilo.conf, you need to use "lilo" to update the boot conf.

Please find the conf for grub if you want to use that.

2.For the terminal login /etc/inittab

#After 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6 add next line S1:23:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L 19200 ttyS1 vt100

3.If you want to logon to Linux as "root" In /etc/securetty, add one line

ttyS1

#END

Question: What Linux OS does TSO support?

RedHat 7.2, 7.3, 8.0 and 9.0, Server 2.1, 3.0 and 4.0(32/64-bit)

SuSE Server 8.0, 9.0, Professional 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3(32/64-bit)

Question: Why and how to flash Broadcom firmware?

1.Default Broadcom Nic doesn’t support IPMI function. Support IPMI function you need flash Broadcom firmware to Nic Nvram. For dual port chip, current only one port supports IPMI, default is port 0 that is MAC small one.

2.Broadcom firmware download link:

ftp://smdcGuest:53dcgop@66.122.195.2/smdc/M3291/firmware/Broadc om

3. See readme. So far Broadcom only supports Dos utility to flash.

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