Re: redirect console to com0

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 11:53:04AM +0000, Steve Blinkhorn wrote:
> I think some kind person answered this for me some time ago, but I
> can't locate the email.
> 
> I need to set up console redirection on Fujitsu Primergy servers with
> iRMC S4 remote management console hardware.   I ssh to the management
> IP address, and all goes well up to the NetBSD boot menu - i.e. I can
> use setup remotely over an SSH connection and modify BIOS settings,
> and can choose from the default boot choices.   But as soon as netbsd
> starts up I lose the connection.
> 
> IIRC I need to change entries in /etc/ttys and one other place.  The
> BIOS is set to redirect to Serial Port 1 (there is only one, so I
> assume this is com0).   I this /dev/constty?   Might I need to change
> its permissions?   The remote management controller believes I am
> called admin, but at the point where I initially connect there is no
> access to the NetBSD passwd file.

You have to tell NetBSD to use the serial port as console.
You can do this with
consdev com0
at boot prompt or in the /boot.cfg file

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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