Re: serial console on i386

[david langhorst <dirt@monkey.org>]

On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 02:49:49PM +1000, 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?

an easier method is simply:

	echo "set tty com0" > /etc/boot.conf

and rebooting.

> 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.

see /etc/ttys, man stty, man getty, man init.


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dave <dirt@monkey.org>