RE: System i5 first boot

Quite right; that extra slot can be pretty expensive just to use for a console.

On a small config it makes a big difference

At 11:21 a.m. 14/11/2006, you wrote:

And all this talk of twinax is just pointless when you do not have a twinax card.

Heh!!

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From: Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Hi Aaron
-snip-

> console options to set up, partly because it has the weakest documentation.

>
> For those championing twinax, I don't disagree with the general
> thrust of what has been said (it IS simple) but it is worth keeping
> in mind that you would quite likely have some similar problems
> getting a console at initial set-up if the box is not shipped as
> configured for a twinax console. This doesn't always happen as I know
> from personal experience (which is party how I became familiar with
> some of the items above)
>
> regards
> Evan Harris
>