From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 1 12:19:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from viper.wapvi.bc.ca (a3a31612.sympatico.bconnected.net [209.53.12.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C65D437BE3A for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:19:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tyler@wapvi.bc.ca) Received: (from tyler@localhost) by viper.wapvi.bc.ca (8.9.1/8.9.1) id MAA17622; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:16:07 -0700 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:16:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Tyler Spivey To: Erik Trulsson Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: serial terminal question please resopnd In-Reply-To: <20000601174744.A5611@student.csd.uu.se> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ok, you are wrong about most stuff should be installable: i am trying to install over a ppp link and i gott ause ht the term command in ppp, but it says to access ppp its on vty 3. so am i totally screwd? On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 06:29:04AM -0700, Tyler Spivey wrote: > > how can i access vty3 from my serial port? i can't read the linux or > > I don't think you can. The installation program works on the assumption > that you do sit at the console with full access to it. > Do you really need to get at vty3 ? > AFAIK you only need to go there if there are problems with the installation. > Most (all?) stuff should be installable without needing to switch vty's. > > > freebsd install screen so igotta use this serial terminal, shoudl i plug > > in the keyboard and see if i can get what types on the normal keyboard out > > to my terminal > > No, you can either have a normal console or a serial console. Not both at > the same time. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message