Re: serial console on i386

["Brian K. West" <obsd@pridemania.com>]

You need to start a getty for the serial port.

check /etc/ttys

man ttys

bkw

On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Jordan Pitt wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Not having much luck getting serial console to work under OBSD 3.1. I've had
> a quick look through the tech archives and kernel source/make files.
>
> Basically what I've done so far is set COMCONSOLE as an option in the kernel
> config file, and uncommented the -DSERIAL=0 line in the mbr Makefile... then
> built and installed everything (mbr, boot, biosboot and new kernel).
>
> Am I going down the right path here?
>
> If anyone can give me a quick run down on what else I'd need to do you setup
> console on serial, it'd be muchly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jordan.