From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 21 23:25: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from web20102.mail.yahoo.com (web20102.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.226.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EC13837B406 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:24:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsdneophyte@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20010822062458.85335.qmail@web20102.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [63.193.147.188] by web20102.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:24:58 PDT Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:24:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Bsd Newbie Subject: connecting to my Sparc4 using a serial cable... To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="0-2109322423-998461498=:83561" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --0-2109322423-998461498=:83561 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Alright, how do I phrase my question. I was told that my Sparc4 had a nice feature where you could control the system through a serial port connection removing the need for a keyboard. I want to know how I can do this using my FreeBSD box. I bought a serial cable and i've connected one end to my FreeBSD box and the other to the Sparc. I'm assuming i'll need some sort of hyperterminal-like application to make the connection (I was considering using Aterm). After that what do I do? Is there any intial setup I need to run through before I can make my serial port on the FreeBSD box active? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -Sameer __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ --0-2109322423-998461498=:83561-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message