Re: Direct serial connection
Hi,
On Sun, Apr 25, 1999 at 11:39:53AM -0500, Jor-el wrote:
> The what I would like to do is to use the monitor that I have as a
> console for both machines A and B. Unfortunately, I cant accomplish this
> via a CPU switch, thanks to the non-standard monitor cable (Aptiva S90)
> that I have. I was thinking that maybe I could hook up B as using a serial
> console, and connect the serial port to the serial port of A, and then
> somehow get the stuff displayed on a separate window / tty on A.
I'd suggest creating a small network using PPP over your serial ports
(you would need a null-modem cable for this). You can then use telnet
on A to work on B, and can even run X apps on B. There is a section on
this in the PPP HOWTO (packages doc-linux-text or doc-linux-html).
Good luck,
Robert
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Robert Vollmert rvollmert@gmx.net
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