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Re: how to setup serial console on my mac?



>--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Donald Lee <MacPPC2%caution.icompute.com@localhost> wrote:
>> The easiest way to set up a serial console is to direct OFW
>> to "ttya".
>> 
>>     setenv input-device ttya
>>     setenv output-device ttya
>>     reset-all
>> 
>> ttya is the "modem port".
>> 
>> My experience is that if OFW is operating on serial, the
>> NetBSD console
>> will be as well.
>> 
>> -dgl-
>
>Donald,
>Thanks for your email. I have no problem using serial console if I set 
>input-device to ttya. If I do this I can no longer use monitor and keyboard. 
>Is there any way of having both monitor, keyboard and ttya?
>
>Cheers,
>Tomas
>

Sorry.  That question is beyond my meager expertise.  I think it's a "wscons"
question. (?)

-dgl-


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