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Yeah. but why would you have the 2 9-25 cables put together? wouldn't 
a 9-9 pin cable be easier?
I have both the 9 and 25 pin serial ports in this box and i have a 
serial card with 1 25 pin serial port on it in another box.
On Thu, Jan 
15, 2004 at 02:57:23AM -0600, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> Hi.  Back in the old days, serial ports were 25 pin.
> 
>           Kenny
> 
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 05:24:26PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote:
> > what is the purpose of the 9-25 pin cables? i have a 9 pin female to 9 
> > pin female cable here with a 9 pin nullmodem adapter. shadio rack 
> > sells both 25 and 9 pin adapters.
> > On 
> > Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 08:01:12AM -0500, Tom and Esther Ward wrote:
> > > Hi, what you want to do is totally possible. The method I will explain below
> > > is one I have used to install several versions of Red hat, and I am going to
> > > assume Fedora supports this method as well.
> > > System requirements: two computers, two nine pin female to 25 pin male
> > > serial cables, a 25 pin to 25 pin female to female null modem, and a 25 pin
> > > male to 25 pin female serial gender adapter, and either a dos or Window's
> > > terminal software such as terraterm pro or commo.
> > > I'm assuming you are using MS window's on a system so you will want to
> > > download a free copy of terraterm pro and the Jaws scripts or Window Eyes
> > > set files for terraterm.
> > > Now, link all the cables, null modem, and adapter together, and  plug each
> > > end into com 1 on each computer.
> > > Load your screen reader, install any sets or scripts that are needed, and
> > > launch terraterm pro, and tell it to terminal to com1.
> > > If your booting from cdrom insert your cd in the drive, start the computer,
> > > and you will here it spin up. Enter this command from the computer where you
> > > are installing Linux and not the one with the terminal software:
> > > linux text console=ttyS0
> > > Then, press enter.
> > > If booting from floppy you will here two or three cranks  of the floppy, at
> > > which point you enter the command from the installation computer:
> > > linux text console=ttyS0
> > > After some time Jaws/Window Eyes should begin announcing text on the screen
> > > and reading the installation to you.
> > > At this point you go to the computer with the terraterm on it, and complete
> > > the installation with some speech.
> > > 
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