On Sun, 25 Apr 1999 18:41:44 -0500 (CDT), Jor-el wrote: >> You need a 2.2.x kernel for this to work or a patched 2.0.x one. Basically >> you use a kernel command-line parameter of "console=ttyS0" to make a serial >> terminal (box A in your setup) hooked to /dev/ttyS0 on machine B the display >> for machine B. You also need a getty running on /dev/ttyS0. > Do you know where to get hold of the patch for the 2.0.x kernels?
A quick web search yielded: http://www.linuxhq.com/patch/20-p0100.html ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/os/linux/kernel/v2.0/unoff-patches/ The latter probably is the "canonic" site since this is the domain the author (Mike van Smoerenburg(sp?)) is mailing from. > Also, the kernel command line parameter that you described - is it >for box A or box B? I need the monitor to be a console for Box A as well >as Box B (preferably on different ttys). The kernel command line parameter is for box B. It tells box B to redirect console output to its serial port. You would then start a terminal program like minicom or Seyon on box A that listens on box A's serial port that is connected with a null-modem to box B's serial port. Does that make things clearer to you? Or have I made it worse? :) Ralf -- Sign the EU petition against SPAM: L I N U X .~. http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ The Choice /V\ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
