RE: System i5 first boot

[Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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!!
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> 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
> >