Users Guide

Configuring and Using Serial Over LAN 177
Operating System Configuration
Complete the steps below to configure generic Unix-like operating systems.
This configuration is based on default installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1, and Windows 2003 Enterprise.
Linux Enterprise Operating System
1 Edit the /etc/inittab file to enable hardware flow control and to allow users
to log in through the SOL console. Add the line below to the end of
#Run
gettys in standard runlevels
section.
7:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -h 115200 ttyS0 vt220
Example of original /etc/inittab:
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#
# inittab This file describes how the INIT process should set up
# the system in a certain run-level.
#
SKIP this part of file
# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/migetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/migetty tty1
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/migetty tty1
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/migetty tty1
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/migetty tty1
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/migetty tty1
# Run xdm in runlevel 5
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
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