From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 26 12:23:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA05128 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 26 Apr 1998 12:12:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA03729 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 1998 11:56:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA27313; Sun, 26 Apr 1998 14:54:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 14:54:25 -0400 (EDT) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" cc: "Mikhail A. Sokolov" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: comconsole. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Does anyone know what would happen if you put the new bootblocks that support "-h" on a 2.1-stable machine? Should that work? Thanks, Charles Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com ---- On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Joe "Marcus" Clarke wrote: > 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 :-( > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message