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>8.2. Re-create saved console settings</H1
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>Log in as <SPAN
CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
>root</SPAN
> from
the serial console and send the console into single user mode. The
modem may hang up whilst doing this and you may need to
re-connect.</P
><P
>Without a <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/ioctl.save</TT
> containing the
saved terminal settings, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>init</SPAN
> assumes a
directly attached terminal running at 9600bps with 8 data bits, no
parity, 1 stop bit and no flow control. Configure your terminal
with these settings.</P
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>remote.example.edu.au ttyS0 login:</TT
> <TT
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><B
>root</B
></TT
>
<TT
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>Password:</TT
> <TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>&#8230;</B
></TT
>
<TT
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>sh#</TT
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>rm -f /etc/ioctl.save</B
>
<TT
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>bash#</TT
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>telinit 1</B
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&#8230;<TT
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>Telling INIT to go to single user mode.
INIT: Going single user
INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal</TT
>
<TT
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>sh#</TT
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>stty sane -parenb cs8 crtscts brkint -istrip -ixoff -ixon</B
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>As you use <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>stty</B
> to alter the Linux's
terminal settings remember to also alter the settings of the
attached terminal.</P
><P
>Exiting from single user mode back to the default run level
will save the serial console termnial configuration into
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/ioctl.save</TT
>.</P
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>exit</B
>
&#8230;
<TT
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>bash#</TT
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ls -l /etc/ioctl.save</B
>
<TT
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>-rw------- 1 root root 60 Jan 1 00:00 /etc/ioctl.save</TT
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>The terminal settings saved in
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/ioctl.save</TT
> will be used if the machine
boots into single user mode for any reason.</P
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>If your attached terminal or modem cannot alter speed to
9600bps then the above procedure cannot be followed. <A
HREF="http://www.aarnet.edu.au/network/software/ioctlsave/"
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><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ioctlsave</B
></A
>
has been written for this special case. It saves the current
terminal settings to a file in the same format as
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>ioctl.save</TT
>. The procedure is shown in <A
HREF="recreate-ioctl-save.html#RECREATE-IOCTL-SAVE-IOCTLSAVE"
>Figure 8-1</A
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>Figure 8-1. Using <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ioctlsave</B
> to create
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/ioctl.save</TT
> without entering single user
mode</B
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>root</B
></TT
>
<TT
CLASS="PROMPT"
>Password:</TT
> <TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>&#8230;</B
></TT
>
<TT
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>bash#</TT
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>rm -f /etc/ioctl.save</B
>
<TT
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>bash#</TT
> <B
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>ioctlsave -t /dev/ttyS0 /etc/ioctl.save</B
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