[99483] in RedHat Linux List
Re: dial in system
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dsb3)
Sat Nov 14 19:29:16 1998
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 14:43:04 -0600 (CST)
From: dsb3 <dsb3@earthlink.net>
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On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, UNIXMAN wrote:
>I was trying to get my linux box configured so anyone could call in, the
>section of my inittab file looks like this:
>
>S1:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS1
>
>When I boot my computer, it just hangs and says INIT: Id "S1" respawning
>too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>
>I tried some different things but I still can't get it to work, my modem
>is on COM 1.
>
COM1 corresponds to /dev/ttyS0, not S1.
check the system log to see why mgetty is exiting immediately. perhaps
you need a couple of flags on that command line.
remember to 'telinit q' to reread inittab when you make a change.
-dave
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