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Date:      Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:14:50 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu>
Cc:        "Mikhail A. Sokolov" <mishania@demos.su>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: comconsole.
Message-ID:  <3540D69A.63DECDAD@whistle.com>
References:  <Pine.OSF.3.96.980424112707.5005A-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu>

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Joe "Marcus" Clarke wrote:

If you have no video card,
sc0 will not probe,
so com1 will automatically become console. (that is what flags 0x10 
in GENERIC is for)


> 
> I think I understand what you're saying.  If you already have FreeBSD
> installed on it (2.2.5 or greater), you can put -h in the /boot.config
> file and it will auto '-h' at boot time.
> 
> Joe Clarke
> 
> On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Mikhail A. Sokolov wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > seems like today is the best day for stupid questions:
> >
> > a) machine, some pc.
> > b) M5510 (DEC VT300, native and cute).
> >
> > How do I workaround not having a videocard in machine a), where I plug
> > VT300's monitor via com1 with  9x25 serial cord. I.e. -
> > how do I specify kernel's -h, when I see nothing? Or else, could I just
> > supply sio0 0x40 (0x20?) flag, so it will move to comconole by default?
> > I plan to run 3.0-980417-snap there, maybe I missed something in LINT, which
> > would force the needed bootup?
> >
> > --
> > -mishania
> >
> > P.S. Please don't tell me I need a videocard/'normal' monitor :-(
> >
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