Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 14:33:26 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: Raul Zighelboim <mango@staff.communique.net> Cc: "'hackers@freebsd.org'" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: serial console Message-ID: <19970826143326.48713@right.PCS> In-Reply-To: <A03CD00C69B1D01195AB00A024ECEB162AB89C@kaori.communique.net>; from Raul Zighelboim on Aug 08, 1997 at 11:59:20AM -0500 References: <A03CD00C69B1D01195AB00A024ECEB162AB89C@kaori.communique.net>
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On Aug 08, 1997 at 11:59:20AM -0500, Raul Zighelboim wrote: > Does anyone knows of a PC BIOS that will send boot information to a > serial console (and accept keyboar imput from the serial console instead > of the local graphic/keyboard combination ? If you meant to ask: 'Can I boot and run my PC with a serial console only, and no keyboard?', then yes. This is done by the BSD bootblocks. add "flags 0x30" to the sio0 line in your kernel config file, and then do "echo -h > /boot.config", to force serial console usage. If you want to run a serial console on something other than COM1, then you need custom bootblocks: see src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot/README.serial -- Jonathan
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