From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 10 14:44:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA26939 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 14:44:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from ns1.cetlink.net (jeff@ns1.cetlink.net [209.54.54.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA26920 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 14:44:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeff@ns1.cetlink.net) Received: (from jeff@localhost) by ns1.cetlink.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) id RAA07067; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 17:44:29 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.1 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <348F04E0.5E652F78@whistle.com> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 17:43:49 -0500 (EST) Organization: CETLink.Net From: Jeff Wheat To: Julian Elischer Subject: Re: COMCONSOLES and getty help Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 10-Dec-97 Julian Elischer wrote: >Jeff Wheat wrote: >> >> I'm trying to get a serial console to function under FreeBSD 2.2.5. I have >> followed all the steps including rebuilding sys/i386/boot/biosboot to >> force using the serial console at boot and installed the new boot to >> the drive. I can now boot and have the boot: prompt go to the console >> and more or less have all the functionality of the serial console with >> the exception of getting a getty to run on the serial console. Going >> through the archives mentions /dev/tty00. I have tried to duplicate the >> /etc/ttys setup for /dev/tty00 and then tried to create it in /dev with >> no luck. MAKEDEV doesn't seem to know how to make tty00. What am I doing >> wrong? How should I have /etc/ttys setup to get a login prompt on the >> serial console after the system has booted? Any help is greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Jeff > >you want ttyd0 >not tty00 Thanks! This works like a champ! Best regards, Jeff ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Wheat jeff@cetlink.net Senior Engineer CETLink.Net Inc. South Carolina +1.803.327.2754 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------