Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 12:08:33 -0000 From: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "'button@captech.com'" <button@captech.com> Subject: Re: setting a serial port as system console Message-ID: <014CB6ADC0BCD0118B1B006097827D5B022D28@exchange>
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>From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> >Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 17:00:29 -0800 (PST) >Subject: Re: setting a serial port as system console > >On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Russ Button wrote: > >> I'm considering using a PC with FreeBSD as a web server. >> I'm going to be co-locating it at my company, so it is >> essential that I minimize the "footprint" it takes up. >> I want to configure it so that a serial port, COM1 or >> COM2 I suppose, will be the system console. I anticipate >> NOT having a video board in the machine, but to run it >> headless without a monitor or keyboard. >> >> Is this doable? It is something I can readily do on a >> Sun machine. > >This is easy to do on FreeBSD too. Just build a kernel with options > >options COMCONSOLE >options FORCE_COMCONSOLE > >This way the comconsole will be used regardless, with or without a video >card. >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major I'm sure FreeBSD would be happy without a video card, but the PC's bios would almost certainly complain, and fail to boot. Jeff Bond. --------------------------------------------------- Jeffery Bond <mailto:jeffbond@compuserve.com> <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jeffbond>; ---------------------------------------------------
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