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Date:      Wed, 12 Apr 2000 00:01:56 -0400
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: serial console annoyances
Message-ID:  <20000412000156.D31270@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <200004120019.UAA07603@blackhelicopters.org>; from mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org on Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 08:19:24PM -0400
References:  <200004120019.UAA07603@blackhelicopters.org>

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On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 08:19:24PM -0400, Michael Lucas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have two 4.0-stable systems, one running headless, keyboardless, and
> mouseless.
> 
> If I understand correctly (ha!), the headless machine should dump the
> serial console out sio0 automatically under the GENERIC kernel.  (At
> least, that's what my reading of the sio man page & the serial console
> guide says.)

I'm not sure of this. What's in /boot.config? I think you want,

-P

[snip]
> My understanding of a serial console is that I should be able to watch
> the boot messages, interrupt the boot loader, use userconfig, and so
> on, from the second machine.

I do this... Well, from a serial terminal, not a second machine. I
have '-h' in my boot.config, however.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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