"Bryan Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello all, > > I am trying to set up serial console for the first time and I am having some > troubles to make it work. > I bought a null modem cable and connected it to COM1 on two computers. One > is Windows XP, > and one is FreeBSD. I created "boot.config" file with the line: > -Dh > When I rebooted the FreeBSD box, the dmesg was not shown anymore. I think it > wrote to serial > console already. Then I tried to connect to the FreeBSD box in WinXP by > using the HyperTerminal. > But nothing was displayed and I rebooted freebsd box again. Still nothing. > > [Deleted...] >
Boot messages should appear simply by connecting to com1 from HyperTerm. To get a login prompt you need to edit /etc/ttys. Change the line: ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure to: ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup on secure Connect via HyperTerm or "tip com1" from another bsd box, hit Enter and you should receive a prompt. If you still do not see anything try using only the -h flag in boot.config. More info at <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html>. Hope that helps. -- Robin Damm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message