Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 18:14:04 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Otter <otterr@telocity.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: serial communication with Sparc Station 20 Message-ID: <20000816181404.T4854@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <GDEAIACIKICEEDHCEENEGEEECAAA.otterr@telocity.com>; from otterr@telocity.com on Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 12:05:19PM -0400 References: <GDEAIACIKICEEDHCEENEGEEECAAA.otterr@telocity.com>
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* Otter <otterr@telocity.com> [000816 13:38] wrote: > I've got a Sparc with no ethernet access. Because of this, I've > connected a serial cable to it so I can have a console login on the > Sparc from my FreeBSD box over ethernet when I'm remote. Currently, > I'm using Kermit, but haven't ben able to figure out or find out how > to send the Stop+A signal needed to get to the Open Boot Prom prompt. > How can I do this from a PC keyboard? OBP is v2.15, if it matters. If > any of you have any suggestions or personal experience with this, I am > not opposed to using other apps for getting this functionality. Any > recommendations? TIA. use 'cu', the manpage makes it look obscenely complex but it's really as simple as: cu -l /dev/cuaaX -s 9600 you can then use ~# to send break and ~. to exit cu. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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