Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 07:57:22 -0400 (EDT) From: mwang@tech.cicg.ml.com (Michael Wang) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: serial console: /etc/ttys modification needed? Message-ID: <199906201157.HAA03264@cicgload-fs1-p.tech.cicg.ml.com>
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Dear BSDers: The FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE boot disk allows me to install the OS via a serial console, that is very nice. However after the installation, the kernel does not probe for serial console anymore. So I have to rebuild the kernel by adding a line in the configuration file: device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty flags 0x20 irq 4 It boots from serial console, but the login prompt does not appear. After I modify /etc/ttys as follows, and it does. # console none unknown off secure console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure My question is, why do I need to modify the file? Why it is not needed with "real" console? Thanks. Michael Wang http://www.mindspring.com/~mwang To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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