From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 12 18:37:23 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA14300 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 18:37:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (news-ma.rhein-neckar.de [193.197.90.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA14286 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 18:37:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de) Received: from mips.rhein-neckar.de (uucp@localhost) by news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with bsmtp id DAA29621 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 03:37:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de) Received: by mips.rhein-neckar.de id m10BTxU-000WydC (Debian Smail-3.2.0.101 1997-Dec-17 #2); Sat, 13 Feb 1999 02:33:24 +0100 (CET) From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) Subject: Re: Use a FreeBSD box as the console for a machine with NO video-card Date: 13 Feb 1999 02:33:21 +0100 Message-ID: <7a2kp1$mik$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Antonio Bemfica wrote: > I have an SGI box which has no video-card and is connected via a serial > link to a PC running Windows. A simple terminal program is used to access > the console. > > I want to get rid of the WindowsPC and use a FreeBSD box to access the > SGI. You can use the same approach as with the MS Windows box. Connect the FreeBSD machine's serial port to the console port of the SGI. Use a simple communications program for access, e.g. cu(1). -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de >H Deutsche Transhumanismus-Mailingliste echo 'subscribe trans-de' | mail majordomo@lists.rhein-neckar.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message