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Date:      Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:30:29 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: recompiling boot blocks & serial console 
Message-ID:  <200008102130.OAA01509@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:39:29 EDT." <Pine.SOL.4.21.0008101637470.3035-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu> 

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> On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > I want to set up a serial console on a freebsd 4.1 box. I follow the
> > > instructions at http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/.  I tried to do
> > > the following:
> > 
> > Put 
> > 
> > -h
> > 
> > in /boot.config.  Now you have a serial console.
> 
> Yes!  Two more quick questions: how to change baud rate? Can kermit
> capture the output?  (I use kermit on the other FreeBSD machine).

You need to recompile the bootblocks to change the baudrate; set 
BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED in /etc/make.conf, then do:

# cd /sys/boot
# make clean cleandepend
# make depend && make && make install
# disklabel -B <boot device>

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