Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 10:22:14 -0700 From: "Jeremy Buckner" <jeremy@cableaz.com> To: "Brian Reichert" <reichert@numachi.com> Cc: <isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Console settings/software? Message-ID: <003301c1a432$7fc93f60$0c0aa8c0@caz> References: <000b01c1a42d$c82c13e0$0c0aa8c0@caz> <20020123121142.S2872@numachi.com>
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Ok I want to connect to the serial port of the box in an effort to get some sort of shell prompt and navigate through my files and such. I'm using my laptop with a 9 pin serial cable. Jeremy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reichert" <reichert@numachi.com> To: "Jeremy Buckner" <jeremy@cableaz.com> Cc: <isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 10:11 AM Subject: Re: Console settings/software? > On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 09:48:23AM -0700, Jeremy Buckner wrote: > > If I need/want to console into my FreeBSD box, do I need to load any kind of software or can I just > > do it. > > 'Console', in this context, isn't a verb. :) > > Do you mean 'connect to the console', as distinct from 'getting a > login shell'? > > > I am trying but I don't know what my settings should be (HyperTerminal). Can anyone shed > > light on the matter. Sorry if this is should be easy but I've never had to do it before. > > Are you trying to connect to the FreeBSD box's serial port, or via the > network? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > -- > Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> > 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 > Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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