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Subject: Re: Portmaster -> FreeBSD Serial Console ...
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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Marc G. Fournier wrote:

> I've been searching, and not finding, settings to use on the port of a
> portmaster so that it will act as a proper serial console ... I swear I
> saved it the last time it went around the lists ... can someone please
> send me the settings? 

I'm using a Portmaster 25 as a serial console for several FreeBSD boxes.
You can find a little bit of information here, including pin-outs for the
particular cables I have:

    http://www.watson.org/~robert/freebsd/portmaster25/

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
robert@fledge.watson.org      Principal Research Scientist, McAfee Research