Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 23:32:02 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@news.iadfw.net> To: geoff@neptune.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Serial cable between 2 FreeBSD boxes Message-ID: <199503200532.XAA11884@news.iadfw.net> In-Reply-To: <m0rqNc6-0000btC@neptune.ru.ac.za> from "Geoff Rehmet" at Mar 19, 95 06:13:58 pm
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> From: geoff@neptune.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet)
> Subject: Serial cable between 2 FreeBSD boxes
> To: questions@FreeBSD.org
> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 18:13:58 +0200 (SAT)
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to run a serial cable (7 wire) between a 1.1.5.1 (patch 22)
> box and a 2.1D (950210 SNAP) system. This is just giving me a bit of
> trouble, as I don't seem to have got the flags on my serial ports
> right, and nothing is getting through.
>
> What I want to do is get a getty going on the 2.1 machine (a friend's
> 486 which I am borrowing for a short while), and my 386, which is
> still running 1.1.5.1.
>
> Help Please!
> (BTW: I'm still not back on most of the mailing lists due to problems
> with my UUCP feed, so please reply to me directly.)
>
> Thanks,
> Geoff.
>
> BTW: It's great to be back getting going with FreeBSD 2 again!
Give mgetty+sendfax a try. handles direct serial, modems, fax, and
voicemail. Also can route the login to the proper places [uucp, fido,
login, whatever]. getty is fine for the console, but I find this to be
much better for everything else.
Jim
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