Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 20:06:37 +0900 From: Rob <stopspam@users.sourceforge.net> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Connecting to a Headless machine, after install Message-ID: <409B6DBD.1080704@users.sourceforge.net> In-Reply-To: <20040507081053.GA861@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <409B0973.7030205@solisix.com> <409B4259.9040300@users.sourceforge.net> <20040507081053.GA861@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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Stijn Hoop wrote: > On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 05:01:29PM +0900, Rob wrote: > >>Funny, that I'm struggling with opposite problem: I do not get the >>boot messages over the serial cable, but do get the login prompt, >>which I do not understand :(. > > > You probably need to tell the kernel to use the serial console: > > # echo '-h' > /boot.config Ah, thanks. I don't have a /boot.config yet. Are you sure this file goes in the top-root directory? Or in /boot/... ? You made me research a little more on this. I do have a file /boot/loader.conf. How about having in here the line console="comconsole" (to divert it from the default: console="vidconsole") ? Or will that not do the same? Rob.
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