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Date:      Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:48:30 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
To:        Mike Eldridge <diz@cafes.net>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: finally :)
Message-ID:  <20001205204830.E346@freebie.demon.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10012042221270.17712-100000@mail.cafes.net>; from diz@cafes.net on Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 10:55:58PM -0600
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10012042221270.17712-100000@mail.cafes.net>

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On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 10:55:58PM -0600, Mike Eldridge wrote:
> I finally got my Multia up and running FreeBSD 4.1 after I got the serial
> cable I needed in the mail today.
> 
> I feel lost now.  I have grown so incredibly used to Linux over the past 4
> years that everything feels out of place.  The whole master.passwd/vipw
> thing screws with my head.  :)

Linux does it wrong..

:-)

> I want to put the alpha's serial console on my linux box's tty11, but I
> can't quite figure out how I'd do that.  The getty runs on the receiving
> end, so I can't just throw a getty up on tty11 cause it would throw a huge
> hissy fit whenever it received the login banner from the other side.  I'm
> sure it would be quite humorous to watch that for about 5 seconds.  

Disable the getty on the 'outgoing' connection side. I'm not sure
how Linux does that, /etc/inittab maybe?

> > simple) that I can throw in my inittab to access the alpha's console
> from this linux box's console.  I think it would be pretty nifty to have
> tty11 actually be a terminal for a remote machine.

On FreeBSD I use 'tip'

> Now that I think about it, serial's pretty rough.  I'd be much better off
> logging into the box via telnet/ssh than putting up with a < 112Kbps
> serial link.

Sure!

> I wonder how long it would take a pair of multia 166s to render Titanic.

Approx one millenium I guess.

-- 
Wilko Bulte  	 					Arnhem, the Netherlands
wilko@freebsd.org  	http://www.freebsd.org 		http://www.nlfug.nl



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