I have two servers, one Sun running Solaris without a graphics card, and one
 Compaq Proliant running Redhat 9, with a graphics card & a monitor. My ques
tion is - how can I setup a serial connection to the Linux box in order to d
isplay the Sun's console. I am currently using a laptop running Windows 98 a
nd Hyperterminal and a Null modem cable to accomplish this, just because it 
was easy to set up. I've tried and failed to get minicom configured on the L
inux box to accomplish this. Is there a better way to go?

thanks.

p.s. I have also posted this on the Red Hat forum, since I'm not really sure
 which one is more pertinent.

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jughead <jughead.14kcpo@mail.webservertalk.com> wrote in message news:<jughead.14kcpo@mail.
webservertalk.com>...
> I have two servers, one Sun running Solaris without a graphics card, and
> one Compaq Proliant running Redhat 9, with a graphics card & a monitor.
> My question is - how can I setup a serial connection to the Linux box
> in order to display the Sun's console. I am currently using a laptop
> running Windows 98 and Hyperterminal and a Null modem cable to
> accomplish this, just because it was easy to set up. I've tried and
> failed to get minicom configured on the Linux box to accomplish this.
> Is there a better way to go?
>
> thanks.
>
> p.s. I have also posted this on the Red Hat forum, since I'm not really
> sure which one is more pertinent.

The only difficulty in doing this is getting the cable pinouts correct!

I've done it with multiple Sun systems.  Linux with minicom work fine.

The same exact cable setup that you used for windows/hyperterm should
work equally well for linux/minicom. Assuming, of course, that you
have;
a - set the baudrate / serial port options in minicom
b - enabled a 'getty' process to listen to your serial port

Check out:

[url]http://www.vafind.com/archives/ 5_Setting_Up_a_Serial_Console_on_RedHat_
90.html[/ur
l]

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linolil@netscape.net (Linolil) writes:
>jughead <jughead.14kcpo@mail.webservertalk.com> wrote in message
>news:<jughead.14kcpo@mail.webservertalk.com>... 
>
>The only difficulty in doing this is getting the cable pinouts correct!
>
>I've done it with multiple Sun systems.  Linux with minicom work fine.
>
>The same exact cable setup that you used for windows/hyperterm should
>work equally well for linux/minicom. Assuming, of course, that you
>have;
>    a - set the baudrate / serial port options in minicom
>    b - enabled a 'getty' process to listen to your serial port
>
>Check out:
>
>http://www.vafind.com/archives/ 5_S...infodoc%2F72300

-Greg
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gerg@panix.com (Greg Andrews) wrote in message news:<c5f2ml$7ti$1@reader1.panix.com>...[vbco
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> linolil@netscape.net (Linolil) writes: 

>
> Except Jughead was asking about the Solaris machine using the
> serial port as the console, not the RedHat one.
>

Sounds to me like he had the Sun stuff working with windows, but
was having trouble with the Linux side.  That said, between the
two of us, all bases are covered. <grin>

I had forgotten about the dtconfig stuff, so I am glad you mentioned it.

Linolil

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