On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 3:15 PM, What you get is Not what you see < wygin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > OK > I tried and got an old com port from an old computer and connected it to > the machine which doesnt boot. > I have another openbsd box which has a serial com port on it. I try to > make it a serial console client. > I have connected the machines with a com cable. I edited the /etc/ttys > file in the serial console client > machine as > > tty00 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt220 on secure > > and rebooted the client machine. > When I boot the serial console server machine, I wrote "set tty com0" and > it said > "switching console to com0". > > In the client I wrote "tip tty00" and it said connected. And thats all. > But nothing happens. No boot messages in the client machine. Nothing. > > What shall I do now? > > > Shall I buy a pci com port and retry with it? I have read on some sources that i386 platform doesnt support serial console. Please help me.
