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Re: Oldworld Serial Console



Hi,

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 02:54:49 -0400
Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com> wrote:

> 
> On Thursday, September 23, 2004, at 08:17 PM, Russell Hires wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone done this? And if so, how? I'm running sarge, BTW...

Works fine between a 6400 and a beige G3 here, both running Debian -- i
use minicom to access the serial port.
Of's default settings are 38400 bauds / 8 bit data / no stop bit / 1
parity, and xon/xoff, if I remember. Apart from the kernel
command-line, you'll also need to edit your/etc/inittab to put a getty
on the serial line.

> By the way, the Mac's Open Firmware serial console is on the 
> "modem" port, not the "printer" port of the mac.

This is configurable, just set OF's 'output-device' and 'input-device'
accordingly.

Simon

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