[TriLUG] Stupid question time - Serial terminal and Linux

[Magnus]

On Monday, February 23, 2004, at 07:59  PM, Kevin Flanagan wrote:

> 	I have a system that has only a serial console, I can attach to it 
> with
> Windows and a terminal program just fine, so I know that my hardware is
> fine, but what I can't remember is how to attach an xterm, or for that
> matter a Virtual console, to a serial port /dev/ttyS0 (com1)
>
> 	Once the system is up, I can ssh to it, but I'm planning on reloading
> the system, it'd be nice to see that happen ;')

Hi Kevin,

minicom is your friend.

--

C. Magnus Hedemark
http://trilug.org/~chrish
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink 
what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." - Mark Twain
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