Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 22 Jun 1996 01:39:45 +1000 (EST) | From | Michael Mansour <> | Subject | Re: Console as terminal on serial port |
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Hi Mark,
> Out of curiousity, has anyone done any work on configuring > the kernel to boot up and use a serial port as the console?
Just configure a getty in /etc/inittab to access a dumb terminal via null modem serial cable. Use mgetty, it handles it well.
> I'd like to role a router out of linux, but would like to have > the console as a terminal. This may sound silly, but it saves $60-$150 > on a monitor and video card and the serial port can be connected to > another system on my network (yea, I'm cheap).
What's silly about it? Dumb terminals have saved the system here on many occasions when the local tty's buggered up from X or DOSEMU or whatever, I can always log into the dumb terminal and kill the processes that caused the stuff-ups.
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