On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, Vivian Bessler wrote:

First you have to decide which serial port you want to connect
your LC. I've connected my old MacPlus on the printer port,
so I had to change ttys to following (sorry, I don't have it here,
so it's a bit unprecise):

# blabla (forgot :( ... we actually run getty from

-> add a line like the one containing ttye0, but set on secure to "off
secure"

# mhmhmmh (eh...) hardwired lines

-> here, change the line containing "tty01" from "off secure" to "on
secure"

If you want to plug it in the modem port, do the same with ttye0 and
tty00. Sorry for this vague advice, I hope you got the point. I'm using
Kermit on my MacPlus which works fine exept the cursor key mappings.
I think ZTerm is an even better solution. After you've changed the
settings to the above and you only want to use your LC475 as *terminal*,
you can just boot NetBSD in normal multi user mode. You only have to set
the serial console option if you want to get system logging and error
messages on your console etc.

Greetings,
	   --- erich rast

> Hi,
> I'm trying to boot my Lc 475 with a serial console.  The console is a Mac
> Plus and I need some help.
> What console program could I use (could I use Zterm for example?) ?  What
> do I need to change on the netbsd volume (rumor has it you need to change
> /etc/ttys so that /dev/ttye0 is the main console ?) and what options do I
> need selected in the booter serial port preferences.
> Also how far should netbsd get in the boot process without base installed?
> 
> Answers to any of these questions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Vivian
> 
> 
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