From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 7 21:45:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA14452 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 21:45:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA14444 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 21:45:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA27590; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 21:44:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 21:44:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Stephen Cooper cc: FreeBSD mailing list Subject: Re: FreeBSD Serial Ports - How to configure to use with minicom In-Reply-To: <00a701bd6288$92fb50e0$297c0ecb@stephenc.alphawest.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Stephen Cooper wrote: > Can anyone help me? > > Newbie question. How does one configure a serial port under FreeBSD to > use as a console for another machine. I wish to use the BSD equivalent > of dos's com1: on my Toshiba laptop > > 1. what do I configure in the kernel (sio1?) sio0 for COM1, sio1 for COM2, etc.... > 2. which /dev device do I talk to with minicom? Probably /dev/cuaa0. > 3. are there any /etc files that I need to configure No. Make sure you use a null modem cable though. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message