Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:24:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: Doug@gorean.org (Doug) Cc: skalir@hotmail.com (skalir scalar), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: serial cable login Message-ID: <199909230324.XAA30082@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909221510300.30698-100000@dt014nb6.san.rr.com> from Doug at "Sep 22, 1999 03:14:03 pm"
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Doug wrote, > Please don't crosspost. This is a question, it belongs on > -questions. > > On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, skalir scalar wrote: > > > I dont need to have a serial console, But i would like to know howto > > be able to login over a serial cable from one machine to another. > > > > I just need to know how to enable the serial login on the fbsd 3.X > > box... thanks > > Unfortunately at this time there is no way on -Current or -Stable > to get just the tty without first booting with a serial console. IIRC it > has something to do with the way the new boot blocks work. Assuming there > is no keyboard plugged into the machine you want the tty on, just put '-P' > in /boot.config (no 'quotes'), edit the /etc/ttys file as indicated in the > handbook and reboot. Your tty will come up after the boot. Meanwhile, if > you are going to have a serial terminal hooked up anyway, you might as > well have the console, it's pretty slick stuff. :) Hey, Doug. You contribute a lot on this list and usually give pretty good answers, but I just have to say of this response, "What the heck are you talking about, dude?" The first sentence is Just Plain Wrong. To get the tty alive, you just need to edit /etc/ttys and have init re-read it with a 'kill -HUP 1'. Try, http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/term.html For detailed instructions from the Handbook. However, you will need a terminal emulator on the other end of the connection. What type of machine that is was not specified. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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