about a serial port.....

[Roger]

On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 18:41, Roger wrote:

> Or, add to /etc/inittab:
> S1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ttyS1 -L 115200 vt102
> Restart inetd and this inittab addition will only display the later part
> of the boot process and will give you a login shell via kermit/minicom.

Inclusion here. To have the /etc/inittab file to be re-read:
# telinit q

(i also recall doing a "# killall agetty" for some reason)

The entire specifics of this can also be found in the "Remote Serial
Console HowTo"

> Ok. After making sure that your port numbers and baudrates are
correct, 
> fire up kermit on the remote box.  Reboot or restart initd depending on
> which test method you decide to choose.

After doing:
# kermit

type "connect" (most times, you'll also need to type "RETURN" to get
the shell to display the login prompt).  Type "ctrl \ c" & the "exit".


well, anyways, half of my post here is OT but should help-out.  I'm
also noticing I'll probably confuse any readers. oh well.

-- 

Roger
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