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Re: What are folks using for serial consoles these days?


From: William Herrin via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:38:54 -0800

On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM Chris Adams via NANOG
<nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
Once upon a time, Trey Scarborough <trey () 3dsc co> said:
Couldn't you install linux on the cisco 2500s Im pretty sure at some
time I got that to work so I could get SSH on them.

Cisco 2500 series used a 68EC030, which is a dumbed-down 68030 with no
MMU.  The Linux m68k project always required an MMU, so it would not run
on that CPU.

I haven't tried it, but:
http://www.kdvelectronics.eu/uClinux-cisco2500/uClinux-cisco2500.html

Regards,
Bill Herrin

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