Subject: Re: Serial Console problems
To: Lars <cryptr@cryptr.net>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/02/2002 10:04:27
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Lars wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
>
> > You don't have to do that either. Just install the serial bootblocks
> > from "/usr/mdec/biosboot_com0.sym".
>
> Ok hmm well i did what i wrote and it seems to work though, nothing works
> on the console, like i get no login prompt.
>
> Though i get the boot message and all, but after the Local Time shows and
> the login prompt should appear, i get numb.

To get a login, you need to turn on "tty00" in "/etc/ttys" and "kill
-HUP 1" (assuming you have a another way in; otherwise you can boot
single-user with "boot -s", edit "/etc/ttys", and so on).

Frederick