Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 12:31:45 -0600 From: Pete Mckenna <pmckenna@oss.uswest.net> To: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: matt@msg.ucsf.edu, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console friendly motherboard/BIOS ? Message-ID: <38E4EF11.B4E7998B@oss.uswest.net> References: <20000310171326.E4562@mello.ucsf.edu> <38E44E87.D4DF7545@gorean.org>
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We use lots of these and what I've heard from vendors and Intel themselves is that the board isn't being phased out but that Intel had a major miss step when they tried to go to RAMBUS and this cuased the l440GX to be out of production for several months and they have now begun to recover from the back log. It was pretty bleak for awhile but things seem to be improving. Pete Doug Barton wrote: > > matt@msg.ucsf.edu wrote: > > > > originally i thought i would get a PC Weasel to turn my FreeBSD server > > into something i could >really< manage from the console. (PC Weasel info > > is at http://www.realweasel.com/intro.html). for those who don't know > > about this product, it's a card which allows you to see pre-boot messages > > from a remote console. i saw it mentioned on slasdhot earlier this week. > > > > i then heard that some motherboard/BIOS combinations do this too. since i > > need to upgrade my machine anyhow, i can kill 2 birds with one stone by > > getting such a system and skipping the Weasel. can anyone suggest a > > motherboard/BIOS that does this? > > The Intel L440GX allows you to configure the BIOS settings over the serial > console. Someone said that they are phasing this board out though. :-/ > > Doug > -- > "So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into > existence? Is that possible?" asked the student incredulously. > The master simply replied, "Mu." > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message -- Peter McKenna U S WEST !NTERPRISE pmckenna@uswest.net http://www.interprise.com/ Main 612-664-4000 FAX 612-664-4770 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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