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There is a serial cable running between zwinger and ariel.
Setup
zwinger
- Nothing necessary in /etc/inittab; it won't work if getty is running on this machine's serial port as well.
- minicom must be installed
ariel
In /etc/inittab:
s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 19200 ttyS0 vt100
In /boot/grub/grub.conf:
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.7-SMP-rc3+BK@1.1392) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.7-SMP-rc3+BK@1.1392 ro root=/dev/sda2 console=ttyS0,19200 panic=5
In /etc/securetty:
console ...
How to use
Run minicom as root (due to perms on /dev/ttyS0) and change port speed to 19200. Best to run it in a screen so that it can be shared.