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Date:      Wed, 1 Oct 2003 16:08:56 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Headless question
Message-ID:  <20031001210856.GB2421@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <8765j8d6cl.fsf@strauser.com>
References:  <046801c3885a$a9e028a0$0701a8c0@darryl> <8765j8d6cl.fsf@strauser.com>

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In the last episode (Oct 01), Kirk Strauser said:
> At 2003-10-01T20:29:06Z, "Darryl Hoar" <darryl@osborne-ind.com> writes:
> 
> > Do you have to do anything special to run it without a monitor (space
> > considerations) ?
> 
> I've been using a headless Alpha tracking 4-STABLE for about a year without
> taking any special measures.

You may also want to enable the serial console, so you can remotely
reboot the machine if it hangs on you.  I believe all that you need is
to add console="comconsole" to /boot/loader.conf, and possibly also
enable logins on /dev/ttyd0 in /etc/ttys.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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