Dave,
I browsed thru the /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Consoles file
(Consoles?, ya gotta be flexible...)
and noticed the reference to /dev/ttySx for Terminals.
Used uppercase ttyS . Don't know, but I thought I remembered
this needing to be the case several years ago. Now?
<clip - Use *getty of your choice>
# Serial lines
s1:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty 19200 ttyS0
s2:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty 19200 ttyS1
</clip>
[probably add runlevel 3 here]
Another thought, strap pins 2 and 3 together and use minicom
or seyon to type at yourself. Once you're there, let /etc/inittab
take over.
Don't have any terminals around, just buttin' in ;)
Rick
On 12 Mar 1998, Dave Mielke wrote:
> >Use /dev/cua0
>
> Echoing to cua0, rather than ttys0, no longer yields an input/output
> error. The output, however, does not appear on the terminal which is
> plugged into COM1. I have tried with and without a null modem connector
> in series with the cable.
>
> As a point of curriosity, what's the practical difference between ttys0
> and cua0?
>
> >put this in your /etc/inittab:
> >
> >s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty cua0
>
> I tried running this command from the console first (to test it before
> modifying how the system boots). Nothing appeared on the terminal, but
> "local host login" appaared on the console.
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