Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 07:53:05 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Cc: fyeung@netific.com (francis yeung) Subject: Re: FreeBSD without console Message-ID: <199608310553.HAA07064@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199608302133.VAA15747@fyeung5.netific.com> from francis yeung at "Aug 30, 96 09:33:52 pm"
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As francis yeung wrote: > Is there a way that I can run without > any console port i.e. no VGA or COM1 port and redirect > the console output to a file so that I can login from > another workstation remotely using tail -f "console file". No. The console must exist (if it exists at all) before the root file system is mounted. Anyway, you can configure syslogd(8) so that it writes everything into file(s). See /etc/syslog.conf. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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