Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 14:59:23 -0700 From: Randy Smith <randys@amigo.net> To: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote console into FreeBSD 4.1.1 boxen Message-ID: <3A10643B.6050801@amigo.net> References: <3A1056F3.70207@amigo.net> <20001113161159.H4722@numachi.com>
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Brian Reichert wrote: > On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 02:02:43PM -0700, Randy Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to be able to log in to box via a serial port or the like > > to get 'console' access to the box remotely. I have several servers > > (web, mail ,etc.) co-located with my backbone provider and it really > > sucks to have to drive three hours up there just to do a fsck and the > > like. I've read the sections of the Handbook that discuss doing this > > with the serial ports but I havn't been able to get it to work. I can > > watch FreeBSD bootup but it doesn't give me a login prompt. > > > > My questions are: > > 1) Is it possible to log in to a FreeBSD 4.1.1 (or higher) through a > > serial port? > > Yes. > > Do you have getty running on ttyd0? No, apperently not. I somehow missed that section when I went through the Handbook. Do you know what the type field should be to talk to the PM2? > Do you have a fully cabled serial cable? If not, then DCD may not > be there; you'd have to use cuaa0 instead. > > Do you kave a keyboard also plugged in? If so, you'll have to take > steps for the kernel at boot time to direct the console to the > serial port, as it won't happen magically. > > > 2) If so, has anyone setup a Lucent PM2 or other box (FreeBSD or > > whatever) to console into multiple boxes? (I ask about the PM2 because I > > just happen to have one lying around.) > > Yes. And Cisco units. Cool. It there a good tutorial around to do that with a PM2? > > Well. That was easy. ;) > Thanks for the help. -- Randy Smith Amigo.Net Webmaster 719-589-6100 ext. 113 http://www.amigo.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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