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"Laust M. Ladefoged" wrote:
> 
> Has anybody out there expirence running a terminal via a
> null-modem against a machine running Minix?
> 
> The reason I want to do this is to have a Minix session in a
> window on my normal desktop instead of having to boot into
> Minix. I know of the Bochs emulator but it does not seem to
> be working on my machine Minix crashes right after I ask the
> Boot monitor to start Minix. (Currently running Win98)
> 
> I have made some investigation and come to that I should
> add/edit the /etc/ttytab file to contain a line stating the
> following:
> 
> tty00    vt100    getty    "stty 38400"
> 
> But is this all that has to be done, and offcourse restart
> the minix machine to make a connection from a VT-100
> terminal program on the client machine and restart the Minix
> machine also?
> 
> I unfortunately do not have the null-modem (DIN9 - DIN9)
> that can connect the two machines tonight but I will try
> tomorrow, I just wanted to hear if anybody had any good
> ideas on how to do this.
> 
> By the way does anybody have expirence running the DOS Minix
> in a DOS box under OS/2?
> 
> - Laust.


You would also need to make sure the devices for tty00 are there in the
/dev directory. It should work with very little modification from what
you have there.
