[TriLUG] SPARC serial console and minicom

[Lee]

Gentoo http://www.gentoo.org/ supports sparc64.
Their handbook, http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml 
, covers the install fairly well, but glosses over the serial console 
part, instead pointing to the UltraLinux FAQ 
http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html#s_2

Kevin Flanagan wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>
>  I've been working on a gentoo installation on a SUN Ultra1 that I have
>at home.  Serial cable console is the only way I can go, not having an
>appropiate set of KVM parts.  I have Minicom working just fine, except
>for one thing.  In many places through the installation you really need
>a full screen with proper editing, not just line mode, as well as some
>of the menus don't really work right.  Does anyone know how to set the
>TTY so it'll work right?  Am I missing something really basic?
>
>  Alternately, does anyone know off hand the release schedules for any
>SPARC distros that are pending? I hear that Aurora is due, as well as
>possibly Fedora Core for SPARC.
>
>
>TIA
>
>
>  Kevin
>