On 2014-11-01, patrick keshishian <pkesh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> * Has anyone here used a USB-only laptop with a USB-to-serial adapter >> as a serial console? (You know, instead of hardware that has a native >> RS-232 port? > > Yes. I use such a setup on one "server". You need to add the > appropriate /dev/ttyUx in your /etc/ttys and ensure ttyflags(8) > runs after the device attaches.
Running a getty(8) on a serial port is not a console. You have no access to boot(8), boot_config(8), the bootup kernel messages, or single-user mode. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
