Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 00:35:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: (FreeBSD hackers) <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Serial console for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <XFMail.961012003857.durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <199610110807.KAA04744@uriah.heep.sax.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 14:07:04 J Wunsch opined: >>As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > >> > disasters. I'd particularly like to be able to control the >> machine in single > user mode after a failed fsck. Does FreeBSD >> support this level of control? > >> Yep! See /sys/i386/conf/LINT where COMCONSOLE is defined. On >> ftp.cdrom.com, in fact, the console is watched by yet another machine >> which can also reset it under remote control. > >Better yet, patch your bootblocks to force a serial console. The >bootblocks already allow you to toggle between the serial and graphics >console with -h; all you need is changing the default. This gives you >the added feature that you can boot an alternate kernel even with a >serial console. Does the console have to be on sio0 ? How does one specify which com port if not ? -Jim
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?XFMail.961012003857.durham>