Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 20:19:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: serial console annoyances Message-ID: <200004120019.UAA07603@blackhelicopters.org>
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Hello, I have two 4.0-stable systems, one running headless, keyboardless, and mouseless. If I understand correctly (ha!), the headless machine should dump the serial console out sio0 automatically under the GENERIC kernel. (At least, that's what my reading of the sio man page & the serial console guide says.) I've edited /etc/ttys for ttyd0 appropriately to allow a logon. The machines are joined by a null modem cable. My understanding of a serial console is that I should be able to watch the boot messages, interrupt the boot loader, use userconfig, and so on, from the second machine. The first machine boots, but when I do "tip cuaa0c" on the second box I see nothing until I get a login prompt. I can issue commands there and whatnot, so I know the null modem connection works. Is my understanding wrong, and this is all a serial console buys me? Or am I doing something wrong? Thanks, ==ml To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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