Subject: Re: Serial Console
To: Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. <drk@shore.net>
From: Randy Beaudreault <maccult@pacbell.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/06/2001 16:59:42
>Just comment out the line in... ttys I think ... that says ttyE0. If
>you were going to use the regular console, you should uncomment the
>"console" line, but DON'T do so if you are going to use a serial
>console.
Which file?
>As far as speed is concerned, just make sure that the speed selected
>in ZTerm is the same as that selected for the serial console in the
>booter.
I figured that one out.
>I don't think the modem port has both RTS and CTS, so you may not be
>able to go as high as 38k, but I have used it at 19k without trouble.
>
>You also want your tty00 to be set for the same baud rate as ZTerm.
>
>ZTerm is great for this sort of thing- it is half as good as having
>a real GUI interface! I particularly like the fact that I can use
>Cmnd-C to pick up a name from a listing and paste it into the
>command line (I am not a good typist!).
>I also keep a bunch of canned commands on the Worksheet in MPW, and
>copy/paste them to the command line in ZTerm - saves a lot of
>re-typing!
>
>Dan Killoran
I got ZTerm and the booter working together. It's which file do I
have to edit to get the serial console up and running?
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