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From: behrensm@river.it.gvsu.edu (Matt Behrens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Console on serial port?
Date: 6 Jun 1997 12:47:40 GMT
Organization: Grand Valley State University
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Hi all,

I want to put my FreeBSD console on a serial port.  Being a college
student and all, a second monitor is out of the question, and the
switchbox I tried (you know, one of the less expensive models) is
less-than-wonderful.  I do, however, have an abundance of old PC's at my
disposal for terminals.  I already have this machine set up with getty,
what additional steps must I take?

Can I do it at all?

--
  Matt Behrens
  Zigg Computer Services
  zigg@iserv.net
  http://www.iserv.net/~zigg/