On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 03:26:45PM +1000, Renai LeMay wrote: > Hi, > > I have an old sun box here (Netra s20), and apparently it outputs console > data via it's serial port. Now given the cables I have, what I would like to > do is this: > > Plug a serial cable from the Netra's serial cable into the serial port on the > back of my linux box, and have the display from the sun box outputted to a > virtual console on said linux box.
Actually, it's pretty simple. Just fire up minicom or ckermit.
Tell it which seriel line to use on the linux box. Set the
correct line speed (probably 9600 8n1) and that's it. (Don't
forget to erase the dial-up strings in minicom. They're not
really harmful but could create some strange effects)
Cheers
Martin
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