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Subject: RE: terrible question but have to ask it
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 08:40:57 -0400
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Once you know which serial port you want to use(and set it up in the kernel),
you can use something like the following(from a SUN box):

#tip -9600 /dev/term/a

~.   will kill it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Drew Tomlinson [SMTP:drewt@writeme.com]
> Sent:	Friday, October 13, 2000 8:17 AM
> To:	daniel.cuthbert@uk.psi.com; Freebsd-Questions
> Subject:	RE: terrible question but have to ask it
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Cuthbert [mailto:daniel.cuthbert@uk.psi.com]
> > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 5:04 AM
> > To: Freebsd-Questions
> > Subject: terrible question but have to ask it
> >
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what command you issue to connect to a
> > freebsd server
> > using a console cable?
> > at present im being forced to use win2k, but would prefer it
> > if i could use
> > free, but im not sure about the serial connection setup
> 
> There's not a "command" per se.  You have to tell your kernel to use the
> serial port for a console.  I don't recall exactly how to do it but I found
> the information in the handbook at http://www.freebsd.org.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Drew
> 
> > cheers
> >
> > dan
> >
> >
> >
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