that most certainly helped! thanks very much rodrigo! -karlski > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 05:46:20PM -0700, Karl R. Balsmeier wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Below is the default /etc/inittab from a Centos 4.3 machine: >> >> I need to add a line like this, >> >> T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100 >> >> as I have on my Debian server, to enable my Console server to >> communicate >> across a serial/ console cable in my data center. >> >> Can someone tell me the proper syntax to this line in Centos? Because >> when I try the line used in my Debian server on the Centos box I get >> errors like: >> >> "-L not a supported option" or "/sbin/getty does not exist" > > you might want to try agetty: > > T0:23:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS0 vt100 > > Not sure if it will work, but seems likely. > > - -- > Rodrigo Barbosa > "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" > "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEpHVapdyWzQ5b5ckRAh2XAJ9rY6X93MDkiatSQ+yP7DefISm8qQCeOhKr > eLoGt4mfA3ovgaRBWeRY5Wo= > =zni2 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >