From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 25 7:36:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tethys.valhalla.net (tethys.valhalla.net [195.26.32.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79DEA37B422 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 07:36:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@tethys.valhalla.net) Received: by tethys.valhalla.net (Postfix, from userid 500) id F2FCE32E80; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:36:12 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:36:12 +0100 From: Mark Drayton To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: null modem . serial port networking Message-ID: <20010425153612.A4689@tethys.valhalla.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <00c701c0cd82$75270d30$0400a8c0@oracle> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <00c701c0cd82$75270d30$0400a8c0@oracle>; from dougy@bryden.apana.org.au on Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 10:22:51PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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