From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 24 11:28:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA23291 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:28:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA23223 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:27:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA24298; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:20:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd024290; Fri Apr 24 18:20:15 1998 Message-ID: <3540D69A.63DECDAD@whistle.com> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:14:50 -0700 From: Julian Elischer Organization: Whistle Communications X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" CC: "Mikhail A. Sokolov" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: comconsole. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Joe "Marcus" Clarke wrote: If you have no video card, sc0 will not probe, so com1 will automatically become console. (that is what flags 0x10 in GENERIC is for) > > I think I understand what you're saying. If you already have FreeBSD > installed on it (2.2.5 or greater), you can put -h in the /boot.config > file and it will auto '-h' at boot time. > > Joe Clarke > > On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Mikhail A. Sokolov wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > seems like today is the best day for stupid questions: > > > > a) machine, some pc. > > b) M5510 (DEC VT300, native and cute). > > > > How do I workaround not having a videocard in machine a), where I plug > > VT300's monitor via com1 with 9x25 serial cord. I.e. - > > how do I specify kernel's -h, when I see nothing? Or else, could I just > > supply sio0 0x40 (0x20?) flag, so it will move to comconole by default? > > I plan to run 3.0-980417-snap there, maybe I missed something in LINT, which > > would force the needed bootup? > > > > -- > > -mishania > > > > P.S. Please don't tell me I need a videocard/'normal' monitor :-( > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message