On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Mike Smith wrote:
> > On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Mike Smith wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > > > I want to set up a serial console on a freebsd 4.1 box. I follow the
> > > > instructions at http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/. I tried to do
> > > > the following:
> > >
> > > Put
> > >
> > > -h
> > >
> > > in /boot.config. Now you have a serial console.
> >
> > Yes! Two more quick questions: how to change baud rate? Can kermit
> > capture the output? (I use kermit on the other FreeBSD machine).
>
> You need to recompile the bootblocks to change the baudrate; set
> BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED in /etc/make.conf, then do:
>
> # cd /sys/boot
> # make clean cleandepend
> # make depend && make && make install
> # disklabel -B <boot device>
>
Done! I use Windows 98 HyperTerminal right now because I do not know
which Unix terminal program can capture its output into a file. Thanks!
BTW, the web page should tell readers to do "make cleandepend" and "make
depend".
-Zhihui
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