serial console from linux (minicom) to solairs x86, laptop to laptop
2007-12-25 1:12:00
hotmail yet and seem to have stumbled upon some unfortunate shortcut
keystroke.
Enough prologue, here's the problem.
I have a Thinkpad 380D running Solaris 2.6 without X. What I would like to
do is connect it via a null modem cable to my Thinkpad A20, which is running
Mandrake 9. The A20 has an ethernet card, whereas the cruddy old 380D does
not. I simply want to be able to transfer large files (patch clusters and
such), downloaded from the Internet to the A20, to the 380D running Solaris.
When I run minicom from the Linux laptop, I do not get a login to the
Solaris laptop. I do not know know why. I used to use minicom with utter
ease at my last IT job. I suspect that the serial port on the 380D may be
hosed, but before I junked it, I thought I would ask the list for any
suggestions. I have exhausted my own bag of tricks and the famous tutorials
by Celeste and Pete.
The Thinkpad A20 (Mandrake 9):
I have minicom set to 9600 8N1 on ttyS0. I have used this port with a modem
with complete success. Hardware and flow control are off. /dev/ttys0 and
/var/lock set liberally to 777.
The Thinkpad 380D (Solaris 2.6):
My modem, when connected as ttys0, responds, although I never bothered to
test it fully with uucp setup. I scrapped the default port monitor and
added a new one:
PMTAG:zsmon PMTYPE:ttymon SVCTAG:ttyS0 FLGS:u ID:root
PMSPECIFIC: /dev/term/a - - /usr/bin/login - 9600 - - - - y #
"tip hardwire2" connects. /dev/term/a with liberal permissions (777) and
owned root:tty.
Thanks in advance.
--Greg C.
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