Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 14:51:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: "Mikhail A. Sokolov" <mishania@demos.su>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: comconsole. Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980424145132.15004B-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <3540D69A.63DECDAD@whistle.com>
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Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks Julian. Joe Clarke On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Julian Elischer wrote: > Joe "Marcus" Clarke wrote: > > If you have no video card, > sc0 will not probe, > so com1 will automatically become console. (that is what flags 0x10 > in GENERIC is for) > > > > > > 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
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