Thanks Wiroth and Robin Damm for the useful links. I finally made it work after bought a new null modem cable. I really hate this happened. Now I am working on making it faster! =)
Bryan Ko ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wiroth Didier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bryan Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 9:43 PM Subject: Re: Setting up serial console! > On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 20:37:22 +0800 > "Bryan Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > I think there are some problems with the HyperTerminal, > > so I installed > > VMWare and install FreeBSD > > in the WinXP and try to connect to my original FreeBSD > > box. But I still > > cannot get anything from the > > display. > > Would anyone enlighten me about this issue. Is the null > > modem cable's > > problems or something else? > > Thanks a lot! > > > > Regards, > > > > Bryan Ko > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the > > message > Hey, > I can't help you directly, but I found this article this > morning while surfing and thought it might help you: > http://mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/sercon.html > > Good luck > Didier > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
