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Date:      Wed, 20 Sep 1995 17:08:02 -0700
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        Brian Litzinger <brian@mediacity.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: COMCONSOLE no login 
Message-ID:  <199509210008.RAA04855@corbin.Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 20 Sep 95 16:50:29 PDT." <199509202350.QAA18915@MediaCity.com> 

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>I compiled a kernel with COMCONSOLE, set a modem into BLIND ANSWER mode,
>and rebooted the system. Another system was connected to the MODEM.
>
>I got all the console messages via the modem, but no login.
>
>I tried enabling a getty on /dev/cuaa0 but got the error message:
>
>Sep 19 16:38:11 easysc getty: /dev/cuaa0: Device busy 
>
>I'm using a standard 16550A serial port on COM1.
>
>The modem is in dumb mode, with all the control signals locked on.
>
>What have I done wrong/What do I need to do to get a login on the
>serial console?

   On wcarchive I have:

tty00   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown on secure

   ...but I also have the /dev/console logging disabled in /etc/syslog.conf (I
don't think this should matter, however). For the kernel config, I *don't*
have COMCONSOLE defined. Serial consoles are enabled via the boot blocks by
defining FORCE_COMCONSOLE in the i386/boot/biosboot Makefile. This will cause
the boot> prompt and all kernel output to go to the serial port.

-DG



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