Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 17:33:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> Cc: "John ." <comp.john@googlemail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: n00b question regarding installation via serial console Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906041732200.34252@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <ade45ae90906040828q393722cfi222ac3d4d0d08a3b@mail.gmail.com> References: <abc784790906040646t56c3bd86n1ec67e28aab6569e@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906041547480.33675@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <ade45ae90906040828q393722cfi222ac3d4d0d08a3b@mail.gmail.com>
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>> >> man boot.config > > Sure that's enough? ttys is still going to mark the ttyd0 line as > "off" and won't present a tty/login then. no. it's set to "console" in installator IMHO. that's universal. > > I think it's more complicated than that. And what if the boot process > hangs for some reason? no console output either by your solution. why? > Enabling a serial console on a typical install means editing 3 files. > /boot/loader.conf > /boot.config > /etc/ttys > > loader.conf needs to know the COM port speed (default 9600), and what > device to output the console. by default it uses what boot already use. at least it worked for me.
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