Re: help with seting up a dumb terminal to Linux please

["K.C. Habib" <maestro@WOLFENET.com>]

Which line you should use?  Does it matter?
Thanks for your help
On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Travis
Siegel wrote:
> I don't use redhat, but for slackware, the lines you need to change in the
> /etc/inittab look like the following;
> # Serial lines
> #s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS0 vt100
> #s2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 ttyS1 vt100
> 
> To make it so you can log in on these ports, simply remove the number sign
> "#" from the beginning of the line, reboot, and you should be able to log
> in via either serial port.  (assuming you're using com1 or com2 on the
> linux machine)  You'll need a null modem cable (or a straight through
> cable, and a null modem adapter)  I honestly don't know why the linux
> installs don't have the lines uncommented, so we can log in from the get
> go, but perhaps there's a reason. :)  Hope this helps.
> 
> 
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