Sparc won't boot w/ serial devs attached???

[David Mostardi]

Is it *really* true that a Sparcstation 1 won't boot if there are any
devices (say, modems) attached to the serial ports?  The techie at Sun
believes this is true.  Is there any way around this incredible problem?

David Mostardi 
Systems Administrator				   david at msri.org
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
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