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Date:      Sun, 05 Oct 1997 18:56:23 +0930
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: help with serial boot? 
Message-ID:  <199710050926.SAA00612@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 04 Oct 1997 19:10:44 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.971004190757.825B-100000@server.local.sunyit.edu> 

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> sending data over via "cat somefile > /dev/ttyd1" works as well as in the
> opposite direction, but i was unable to decypher the commands to the 
> "boot:"
> prompt enough for me to get the boot to come across the serial line...

Specify '-h' at the boot: prompt, and set the flags for the serial port 
you want to be the console according to the 'sio' manpage.

mike





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