On 9/14/07, Craig Skinner <craig.skinner@kepax.co.uk> wrote:
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> Darren Spruell wrote:
> > For the scenario where you have two openbsd hosts, one connected to
> > the second with a serial null modem cable, what is the right device to
> > use when connecting using tip(1) from the first to a console on the
> > second?
>
>
> This works very well for me on i386;
>
> 2 null modem serial cables, cross connected thusly:
>
> box-a pccom0 connected to box-b pccom1
> box-b pccom0 connected to box-a pccom1
>
> This on both:
>
> $ cat /etc/boot.conf
> stty com0 9600
> set tty com0
>
> And this too on both boxes:
>
> $ rcsdiff -r1.1 /etc/remote
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /etc/RCS/remote,v
> retrieving revision 1.1
> diff -r1.1 /etc/remote
> 67a68,70
>  > tty01|For hp300,i386,mac68k,macppc,mvmeppc,vax:\
>  >       :dv=/dev/tty01:tc=direct:tc=unixhost:
>  >
>
> Then, on either box, I can do this to get to the console on its neighbour:
>
> $ sudo tip tty01

Is this just for boot messages?  It's my understanding (minimal, at
that) that you can't do this for logins both directions because getty
will tie up the port?

Greg
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