dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.5 2006/07/30 13:06:55 miod Exp $ VAX machines don't generally need any specific preparation. You will need to properly identify the console port on your machine. Machines without frame buffers (i.e. everything but VAXstations) use serial port 0 as the console port. However, it is possible to select port 3 instead, by moving the S3 switch on the back of the machine in the up position. Not all models have such a switch, though. Machines with frame buffers (i.e. VAXstations) have a similar S3 switch, and will either use a serial console connected to port 3 (usually labeled as the printer port) if the S3 switch is in the up position, and will use the keyboard and frame buffer console, if the S3 switch is in the down position. Note that, if the frame buffer in your VAXstation is not supported, OpenBSD will use serial port 3 as the console, as if the S3 switch had been in the up position.