Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 08:13:53 -0600 From: Robin Damm <robin@damm.ca> To: Bryan Ko <bryanko@i-cable.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up serial console! Message-ID: <200301261413.h0QEDrp3041287@lulu.private.lan> In-Reply-To: <000d01c2c537$ac5eead0$0201a8c0@winxp> References: <000d01c2c537$ac5eead0$0201a8c0@winxp>
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"Bryan Ko" <bryanko@i-cable.com> writes: > Hello all, > > I am trying to set up serial console for the first time and I am having some > troubles to make it work. > I bought a null modem cable and connected it to COM1 on two computers. One > is Windows XP, > and one is FreeBSD. I created "boot.config" file with the line: > -Dh > When I rebooted the FreeBSD box, the dmesg was not shown anymore. I think it > wrote to serial > console already. Then I tried to connect to the FreeBSD box in WinXP by > using the HyperTerminal. > But nothing was displayed and I rebooted freebsd box again. Still nothing. > > [Deleted...] > Boot messages should appear simply by connecting to com1 from HyperTerm. To get a login prompt you need to edit /etc/ttys. Change the line: ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure to: ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup on secure Connect via HyperTerm or "tip com1" from another bsd box, hit Enter and you should receive a prompt. If you still do not see anything try using only the -h flag in boot.config. More info at <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html>. Hope that helps. -- Robin Damm <robin@damm.ca> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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