Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:38:09 -0400 From: Doug Lee <dgl@dlee.org> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB console or other alternatives Message-ID: <20070426213809.GF10261@kirk.dlee.org> In-Reply-To: <44r6q6khoo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20070425141804.GC911@kirk.dlee.org> <44ps5rmalp.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> <20070426154156.GD10261@kirk.dlee.org> <44r6q6khoo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 04:24:23PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Doug Lee <dgl@dlee.org> writes: > > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:14:26AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >> What do you hook up to that serial port, anyway? > > > > A desktop Windows machine with a serial port, until said machine > > suddenly ceased to function entirely. Now it would be a laptop > > with a USB-to-serial adapter except the one I bought also seems > > unwilling to function. I tend to run short of PCMCIA slots for > > such things on my laptop, my one-and-only PCMCIA slot being occupied > > pretty permanently by an EVDO card. > > So the problem is a lack of serial ports on your laptop "terminal", > not on the FreeBSD machine? That sounds easier to work around than > the other way around. Lack of serial ports on laptop yes; the FreeBSD hardware hasn't been chosen yet, but I predicted difficulty getting a modern machine with a serial port. Perhaps not. > There are some other possibilities, but I don't think they will work > as early in the boot process. I *think* you can use a USB serial port > as a console, but the loader doesn't seem to understand it. There's > also dcons(4), but that needs firewire, and I don't know if that knows > how to talk to anything on a Windows machine. I predicted the USB problem you mention. I have firewire on this laptop but I've never tried to use it. -- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org SSB + BART Group doug.lee@ssbbartgroup.com http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "There are no guarantees. From a standpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From a standpoint of love, none are necessary." - from Emmanuel's Book II
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