Hi,

you should change line "tty00 ...." for com0, "tty01. ...." for com2, =
etc.
in "/etc/ttys". The std.115200 represents the line-speed (here =
112500Baud).
The last keyword "local" is just a comment, you can leave this out.

# name  getty                           type    status          comments
#
console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt100   off secure
ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt100   off secure
ttyE1   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt100   off secure
ttyE2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt100   off secure
ttyE3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt100   off secure
tty00   "/usr/libexec/getty std.115200" vt100 	on  secure local
tty01   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
tty02   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
tty03   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
tty04   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
tty05   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
tty06   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
tty07   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure=20

I don't know how to activat changes without reboot, but after a reboot =
you'll
have serial console. For a Kernel that outputs to serial console, you'll =
need
to recompile the kernel an set following params:


# This option allows you to force a serial console at the specified
# I/O address.   see console(4) for details.
#options 	CONSDEVNAME=3D"\"com\"",CONADDR=3D0x2f8,CONSPEED=3D57600


The bootloader comes with a bootblock-file working via serial.
Not quite shure how it's called and where it is (no bsd arround here).
I remember a directory called "mdec" where you should find this file.
Use "installboot" to install it.

Cheerz

Nic



-----Original Message-----
From: netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org] =
On Behalf Of Paul (NCC/CS).
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 2:26 AM
To: netbsd-help@NetBSD.org
Subject: serial console.



Hi,

where in the netbsd doco do i look for how to do a serial console =
please?

chs,
P.






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