Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 11:56:45 +1030 (CST) From: Justin Hawkins <justin@tardis.mx.com.au> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial boot prompt messages and a modem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912221145070.540-100000@tardis.mx.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199912220113.RAA04353@mass.cdrom.com>
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On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > "Swapping them internally" would probably involve about 30 seconds of > work. It's not hard, really. 8) Yes I know I could have done that. Then reconfigured my getty's, my minicom etc. It's the principle of the thing - I prefer to bend the software to my will rather than have to open the case. > Yes. The solution is "do not connect a modem with echo enabled to the > console". The loader will spend endless hours talking to the modem (and > if _it_ didn't, getty would a few seconds later). The getty is not a problem - it's configured correctly for my modem on com1. > No. Wrong solution. Connect your console to the console port and your > modem to the modem port. Hmm, last time I checked, they were just 'serial ports'. > Sorry about the fascist attitude, but you really do just need to Do The > Right Thing here. :-) I think the Right Thing is either way. Otherwise there wouldn't be documentation on how to change it to some other com port would there? A hardware swap would hardly by The Right Thing if the box was a few thousand kilometres away would it? I would expect a Microsoft product to force me to change my hardware to fit what the software wants - not FreeBSD. At any rate, the point is moot, it now works. I never had any real issue with the "problem" - I knew I would be able to resolve it in some way. I merely wanted to know if it was feasible to change the software to cope with this situation, and if not then a little note (which I have supplied) to add to the documentation for those less cluefull than me (Dog knows there must be one or two out there) is a nice touch, and equally useful. FreeBSD documentation is already very impressive, if I can help one other person avoid the (admittedly minor) problem I had, I'm happy. - Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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