Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:45:42 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Jani Luukkanen <jani@soundflows.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial console connection problem Message-ID: <20050408094542.GA6528@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <42563AAC.9060203@soundflows.com> References: <4254EE05.8000302@soundflows.com> <20050407192714.GA3678@osiris.chen.org.nz> <4256298D.7080704@soundflows.com> <20050408074457.GA5989@osiris.chen.org.nz> <42563AAC.9060203@soundflows.com>
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On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 11:02:52AM +0300, Jani Luukkanen wrote:
[...]
> Ok, I presume would have to disable the "Serial terminals" section with
> entries such as;
> ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" ansi off secure ?
Yes. You need to make sure that the 4th column says "off" on the 4.10
machine; and make sure that they say "yes" on the 5.3 machine that
you're connecting to. Make sure you do a "kill -HUP 1" on both boxes
so that the system rescans /etc/ttys.
> The fact that the 5.3 box bios has the built-in serial terminal feature
> enabled doesnt affect to this one?
> In sense that it should enable the possibility to even make bios changes
> or install OS wherever text mode is available. (Main idea of the thing
> is to ensure availability of the other machine)
I'm not sure what you're saying here. Most machines come with
serial-ports; so yes, you can enable them to accept gettys so that you
can access them remotely by using a serial cable.
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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