> Still Iam not able to see any console messages redirection on serial > port.I have connected the serial port of the Machine_1 which has > centos running to Machine_2 where i have opened an hyperterminal.I see > no console > messages displayed here. Iam , I missing any configuration or is there > an rpm i should install ? dump hyperterm, its horribly annoying to use. recent versions of putty have serial port mode. also, make sure hardware handshaking is disabled, and that the bit rate and format (n-8-1) are correct.