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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!quagga.ru.ac.za!und.ac.za!iafrica.com!aztec.co.za!usenet From: Andr=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9?= Coetzee <acoetzee@ctcc.gov.za> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Setting up a terminal using a null modem cable Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 14:43:59 -0700 Organization: Cape Town City Council Lines: 38 Message-ID: <31FFD39F.2437@ctcc.gov.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: 165.25.60.135 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4Gold (Win95; I; 16bit) I have FreeBSD 2.1.5R running on a 486DX50 and 3 serial ports, with COM1 free, a mouse on COM2 and a modem on COM3. I am using terminal emulation on a 286AT with a serial port which I would like to connect to the 486 with a null modem cable. I thought that would be the easiest way of doing it. I was hoping to try a NFS direct connection afterwards - but I'm stuck before I even get started. The Null cable works fine between the two machines in both directions under DOS! I want to use COM1 (sio0). I have configured COM3 to IRQ 5 so as not to clash with COM1 (IRQ4). I have changed the bootup configuration to match: 1:sd(0,a)/kernel -c (Incidentally, do I have to type in that line every time I boot, or can I make 1:sd(0,a)/kernel the default somehow?) I have checked dmesg | grep sio and all 3 ports are there (16450's) I have made the necessary change to /etc/ttys: ttyd0 "/usr/.../getty std.9600" vt52 on secure ps -ax gives me the expected "?? I" status for ttyd0. But nothing appears on the terminal screen. Comms are setup as 9600 8N1 on the terminal (VT52) emulation. I have also tried different baud rates with no results. I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me what I am not doing? Perhaps someone would be prepared to talk me through it step by step on e-mail. Please post replies directly to my e-mail so that I can be sure not to miss them. THANKS ... ac