From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 21 23:44:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.cuckoos.net (d092.dhcp212-198-182.noos.fr [212.198.182.92]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E21EE37B405 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:44:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pitfall@mail.cuckoos.net) Received: (from pitfall@localhost) by mail.cuckoos.net (8.11.4/Did.you.like.discipline?) id f7M6jVe36021 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 08:45:31 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 08:45:31 +0200 From: Thomas Klein To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: connecting to my Sparc4 using a serial cable... Message-ID: <20010822084531.A35884@dune.cuckoos.net> References: <20010822062458.85335.qmail@web20102.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010822062458.85335.qmail@web20102.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdneophyte@yahoo.com on Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:24:58PM -0700 X-Operating-System: atariOSb - A T A R I - 800XL - 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 On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:24:58PM -0700, Bsd Newbie wrote: > > 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). > Minicom is your friend =) > 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/ -- - Mr Din - another egg ;) http://www.gcu-squad.org/ http://www.samedis.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message