From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Dec 5 11:49: 7 2000 From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 11:49:04 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2257B37B402 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 11:49:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 143O5G-0003eb-00; Tue, 05 Dec 2000 19:49:02 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) id eB5JmUu01629; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:48:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:48:30 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Mike Eldridge Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: finally :) Message-ID: <20001205204830.E346@freebie.demon.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from diz@cafes.net on Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 10:55:58PM -0600 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message