Sorry, Linda, sent this straight to you in error... Tom On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 19:16 -0700, Tom Patton wrote: > On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 17:22 -0800, Linda Walsh wrote: > > Peter Bloomfield suggested minicom (thanks) and Tom Patton wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 12:46 -0800, Linda Walsh wrote: > > >> I have 3 machines in this setup. The setup being: > > >> --- > > > ahh...screen or minicom I can probably find documentation > > on...but the lessons for lizard thing's got me stumped. :-) > > > Sorry, Linda, it is (I think) in the "books" section under documentation > on the 10.3 dvd. > > Here's an excerpt: > > Procedure > This How-To uses standard GNU/Linux commands, therefore it is not > specific to openSUSE. > Make sure you have screen installed, with: > rpm -q screen > If not, install it. Fortunately it is included on openSUSE CDs and > DVD. > The command are very simple: (you must be logged in as root) > # screen /dev/ttyS0 > or access any other COM port by changing the last digit (0...7). > To exit screen use: “ctrl+a”, then “ctrl+\”, “y”. > > This was written by; > How-To Access COM Port (RS-232 client/server) > Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > There is also a section on the method to set up grub to ship the > start-up messages out the tty port. > > I used to do something similar, in that I had a headless old pc as a > modem "gateway" for the home network, and the only way to recover a boot > failure was via the reset button and a tty to see what was happening. > > One other thing, if the bios supports "Kiosk" mode, you don't need a > mouse or kboard, either. I think most modern pc's will roll over that > anyway, but they used to hang forever without a keyboard. > > Tom >
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