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

[Travis Siegel <tsiegel@softcon.com>]

On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, K.C. Habib wrote:

> I would really appreciate detailed instructions on how to set up a DOS PC
> as a dumb terminal to Linux.  I have a DOS machine, with Telix, Vocal
> Eyes, and a serial cable.  I just installed Redhat 5, I tried editing the
> /etc/initab file but I am not still quite sure what to add.
> I had such a terminal set up, but I just installed Redhat 5, and I lost my
> configuration files.

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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