Re: PC164 SRM firmware problem

Josh Tolbert writes:
 > Hi Bernd,
 >      I haven't successfully made a serial connection to the Alpha. I'm
 > going to continue working with the Alpha tonight, and now I have the
 > settings that Wilko provided, but I'm not familiar with serial consoles at
 > all. I guess I'm going to use Kermit, but I'm not sure if I need to make
 > Kermit "listen" or "connect" or other things of the sort.

The most complicated thing is that you need a null-modem cable.  

You want to 'connect' Kermit defaults to the correct settings
(9600,8n1).  These are the same default settings that a getty on a
serial console of a FreeBSD box will use.  So if you want to test your
cabling and kermit setup, start a getty on a FreeBSD box's serial line
and try the cable there:

# grep ttyd0 /etc/ttys
ttyd0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on secure

# kill -1 1


Drew


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