Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:36:12 +0100 From: Mark Drayton <mark.drayton@4thwave.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: null modem . serial port networking Message-ID: <20010425153612.A4689@tethys.valhalla.net> In-Reply-To: <00c701c0cd82$75270d30$0400a8c0@oracle>; from dougy@bryden.apana.org.au on Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 10:22:51PM %2B1000 References: <00c701c0cd82$75270d30$0400a8c0@oracle>
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Doug Young (dougy@bryden.apana.org.au) wrote: > Where can I find a simply worded HOWTO for configuring machines to > communicate via serial ports ??. I poked around the mailing list > archives & found a handbook reference to "setting up the serial > console", however it appears an excessively involved solution for a > very simple job, & apparently its unworkable anyway (multiport serial > cards will not work) I'm not sure what exactly you want to do, but the method I use for getting a serial console is to make a file called /boot.config containing -P. This will switch the loader and kernel etc to the serial console if no keyboard is plugged in, or the video/keyboard console if a keyboard is plugged in. You need to change the ttyd0 entry to 'on' in /etc/ttys to allow logins over serial. Cheers, -- Mark Drayton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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