Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:40:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Arjan van der Oest <arjan@nl.demon.net> To: up@3.am Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console redirection and other kernel options Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908162333300.73377-100000@inventionz.noc.nl.demon.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990816165711.20604A-100000@richard2.pil.net>
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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 up@3.am wrote: > I've built a rackmount server that I'd like to be able to get into the > console remotely, via a direct connection from a PM2. I've got the bios > to come come up over the serial connection (it's an Intel L440GX+ with > console redirection support) and I built a new kernel with: > > device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" flags 0x20 tty irq 4 Just put a boot.config file in your root containing "-P". This will boot on the serial console when there is no keyboard detected. Change /etc/ttys with these lines (note the 'secure' and 'vt100' part). ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on ssecure > supposed to force the OS console to COM1. However, once I get past the > bios and the initial kernel load, it stops reporting to the serial > console, and it takes no keyboard input from the vt320 I have hooked up > there. If a vga monitor and PC keyboard are hooked up, they work fine and > it otherwise boots normally. Switch that BIOS option back off, this should do the trick. > Any hints on how to get this working, would be greatly appreciated. On a > somewhat related note, I noticed that the original GENERIC kernel was > about 2.3MB, and this new one that I built is <cough> 8.3MB, WHAAAA ! -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1645699 May 20 21:04 kernel* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2236663 Feb 15 1999 kernel.GENERIC* > even though I > mostly just commented stuff out in the config file. Is this normal, ie > the original kernel is compressed or something? I've never seen a kernel THAT big :) Hope your console problem will be solved now... ao -- Jes: xntp is your friend. The evil empire of Redmond is not. Evil Empire is a registered trademark of Ronald Reagan's sole functioning brain cell. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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