From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 25 11:32:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from q.closedsrc.org (ip233.gte15.rb1.bel.nwlink.com [209.20.244.233]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC16837B423 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:32:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lplist@closedsrc.org) Received: by q.closedsrc.org (Postfix, from userid 1003) id BC48C55407; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:25:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by q.closedsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA80A51610; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:25:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:25:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham To: ben calvert Cc: Subject: Re: using my freebsd box _as_ a serial console In-Reply-To: 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 On 2001-04-25, ben calvert scribbled: # i've got a brand-new 12 processor sun box here at work that doesn't seem # to know that it's got a monitor & keyboard. i'd like to try to use my # freebsd machine to act as a serial console, but i can't find documentation # on how to do this... help! I have a laptop running FreeBSD that I use as a serial console to our Cisco equipment and for basic network monitoring. If you have a serial cable connected to COM1 on your machine, run the following command: cu -l/dev/cuaa0 This will connect to COM1 and allow you to command the server from there. To close the connection, type ~. and wait about 1-2 seconds and it will disconnect. -- Linh Pham [lplist@closedsrc.org] // 404b - Brain not found To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message