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Date:      Mon, 27 Jan 2003 20:37:28 +0800
From:      "Bryan Ko" <bryanko@i-cable.com>
To:        <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Setting up serial console!
Message-ID:  <000701c2c600$da8a46b0$0201a8c0@winxp>
References:  <web-710751@mcesr.etat.lu>

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Thanks Wiroth and Robin Damm for the useful links.
I finally made it work after bought a new null modem cable. I really hate
this happened.
Now I am working on making it faster! =)

Bryan Ko

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wiroth Didier" <didier.wiroth@mcesr.etat.lu>
To: "Bryan Ko" <bryanko@i-cable.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: Setting up serial console!


> On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 20:37:22 +0800
>  "Bryan Ko" <bryanko@i-cable.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am trying to set up serial console for the first time
> > and I am having some
> > troubles to make it work.
> > I bought a null modem cable and connected it to COM1 on
> > two computers. One
> > is Windows XP,
> > and one is FreeBSD. I created "boot.config" file with the
> > line:
> > -Dh
> > When I rebooted the FreeBSD box, the dmesg was not shown
> > anymore. I think it
> > wrote to serial
> > console already. Then I tried to connect to the FreeBSD
> > box in WinXP by
> > using the HyperTerminal.
> > But nothing was displayed and I rebooted freebsd box
> > again. Still nothing.
> > I think there are some problems with the HyperTerminal,
> > so I installed
> > VMWare and install FreeBSD
> > in the WinXP and try to connect to my original FreeBSD
> > box. But I still
> > cannot get anything from the
> > display.
> > Would anyone enlighten me about this issue. Is the null
> > modem cable's
> > problems or something else?
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Bryan Ko
> >
> >
> >
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> Hey,
> I can't help you directly, but I found this article this
> morning while surfing and thought it might help you:
> http://mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/sercon.html
>
> Good luck
> Didier
>


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