Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:20:37 +0200 From: Ladavac Marino <mladavac@metropolitan.at> To: "'mwang@tech.cicg.ml.com'" <mwang@tech.cicg.ml.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: serial console: /etc/ttys modification needed? Message-ID: <55586E7391ACD211B9730000C110027617968A@r-lmh-wi-100.corpnet.at>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: mwang@tech.cicg.ml.com [SMTP:mwang@tech.cicg.ml.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 20, 1999 1:57 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: serial console: /etc/ttys modification needed? > > Dear BSDers: > > The FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE boot disk allows me to install the OS via > a serial console, that is very nice. However after the installation, > the kernel does not probe for serial console anymore. So I have to > rebuild the kernel by adding a line in the configuration file: > > device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty flags 0x20 irq 4 > > It boots from serial console, but the login prompt does not appear. > After I modify /etc/ttys as follows, and it does. > > # console none unknown off secure > console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > > My question is, why do I need to modify the file? Why it is not needed > with "real" console? Thanks. [ML] Because, otherwise the console output goes to vt0, and vt0 is already supplied with it's getty line. /Marino > Michael Wang > http://www.mindspring.com/~mwang > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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