Re: /usr/bin/tip + serial console?

[uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost (Valeriy E. Ushakov)]

raymond.meyer%rambler.ru@localhost wrote:

> I want to connect from i386 to sparc64 via serial cable. I have a
> working serial cable, but I'm not sure what to put in /etc/remote,
> I've tried the following with tty00 and tty01:
>
> hardwire:dv=/dev/tty01:br#9600:pa=none:dc:
>
> but when I run 'tip hardwire' and then send break command, nothing
> happens.  Any ideas?

Use /dev/dty* ('d' for "dialout"), not /dev/tty*.  See tty(4).

You can do a quick test with

    cu -l /dev/dty01 -s 9600

which doesn't require adding anything to /etc/remote

SY, Uwe
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