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From: michael.scantlen@busilink.com (Michael Scantlen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: ttyxx logins
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 1994 17:23:28 GMT
Message-ID: <940601172631117@busilink.com>
Organization: BUSILINK
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I've received the FreeBSD 1.1 CDROM - fresh off the press... I've
installed the base system with the binaries BIN_TGZ.*
I have the system with two known good 16550 Uart based serial ports.
I pretested nullmodem cabling from one PC via terminal emulator to
the serial ports of the FreeBSD machine - with the FreeBSD machine
booted off DOS floppy & procomm to ensure that communications did
exist. What I typed on one PC, showed up on the other. I then
took out the DOS floppy from the FreeBSD machine and let it bootup
under FreeBSD. I logged in as root.
Next, I did the following: stty -f /dev/tty00 clocal
stty -f /dev/tty01 clocal
and verified they were at 8 bits per character, 9600 baud.
I then attempted to access FreeBSD - login!!! from the external PC
still attached via cabling and the previous terminal emulator.
Typing keys on the external PC resulted in no response or feedback.
I checked ttys and found tty00 and tty01 off unknown and secure
Is this the source of why I can't seem to login to FreeBSD via serial
port, or is it the result of something else? Since this is my first
crack at setting FreeBSD - I've used man but don't have a postscript
printer to print the documents on the CDROM section. I examined the
FAQ on the CDROM (section 9) regarding serial connections, and confirmed
what I did above was ok for enabling hardwired (non modem connections).
Any advice would be helpful ... thanks, Michael