Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 20:16:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dan Janowski <danj@netcom.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel for no video or keyboard Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960827201620.339H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <322346D1.41C67EA6@netcom.com>
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On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Dan Janowski wrote: > I am looking to make a kernel for a machine that is > a headless server, i.e. has no video card or keyboard. Only a > getty/console on a serial port. Aside from removing the sc or vt > driver, is there anything else I should do to keep it from > probing or trying to configure, and so that after the > actual kernel has been loaded into memory that it dumps its > proceedings to the first serial port? Sounds like you want to use 'options COMCONSOLE'. Just after the Boot: prompt, it redirects all console activity out sio0. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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