shell via serial

[Brian Fahrlander]

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Carl Karsten wrote:
> I boot feisty on Box1 with console=ttyS0,115200 and see all my boot messages in 
> minicom on a 2nd box.  So my serial ports and null modem are hooked up.  what do 
>   I need to do to get a shell login prompt?
> 
> In the ol days, I did this in inittab
> 
> #1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty /dev/ttyS1 -x 5
> 
> now I nave no inittab...  what do I do?

    Ya see?  That's why I don't upgrade from Dapper.  :)

    It sounds like you're an old-timer like me...I used to *always* have
a serial terminal around, and for about two decades, could tell you the
pinouts you need on various serial devices.

    Not to get too off-track, but is there some reason you don't use the
networking? You can direct the 'console' messages five ways from Friday...

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