It’s pretty easy to set-up Cisco serial console connectivity on Ubuntu 10.04. The usual way is to use minicom. The serial ports usually called COM1-4 usually have the following address range;
- COM1 - 3E8
- COM2 - 2F8
- COM3 - 3E8
- COM4 - 2E8
To complete the setup first determine the address used for COM1 (or whichever serial port you wish to use) on your machine query the kernel buffer ring using the dmesg command, then install and configure the minicom, modem emulation tool.
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