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From: Brian Litzinger <brian@MediaCity.com>
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Subject: Re: COMCONSOLE no login
To: davidg@Root.COM
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 17:36:04 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: brian@MediaCity.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199509210008.RAA04855@corbin.Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Sep 20, 95 05:08:02 pm
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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.
> >
> >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

Cool. Thanks for the help.

Brian Litzinger
brian@mediacity.com