Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 00:23:17 -0400 From: Jim Yuill <jjyuill@mindspring.com> To: fam@risca.com (Frank Mandarino) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, grog@lemis.com, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, sysadmin@mfn.org Subject: Re: seeking advice re: configuring a serial console Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980522002317.006d4918@pop.mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <98May20.194335edt.26881@sky.risca.com> References: <19980515111439.D305@freebie.lemis.com>
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> >I got the boot: prompt to appear on the serial console of my >2.2.6-RELEASE system by: > >1) building my kernel with "options COMCONSOLE" to force the serial >console, and > >2) creating a /boot.config file containing the option "-P", to use the >serial console if no keyboard is found, > >3) unplugging my keyboard. > >The file /usr/src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot/README.serial contains further >information. > >Regards, >../fam >-- >Frank A. Mandarino fam@risca.com > 60 F1 97 67 FB B9 9D 75 F8 C4 FA 9E AF 2F 04 FE > Frank, thanks for the great info!! I tried it and it works well. Per instructions in README.serial, I also had to set the CMOS keyboard field to "not installed". jim .---------------------------------------------. | This note was written using voice-input-- | | strange typos may be present :-) | '---------------------------------------------' Jim Yuill, graduate student Computer Science Department North Carolina State University 919-546-0537 (h/w) 2718 Clark Ave; Raleigh, NC 27607 (h/w) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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