From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Oct 27 13:10:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA26631 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 13:10:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable) Received: from homer.duff-beer.com (homer.barbour-index.co.uk [194.207.51.241] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA26623 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 13:10:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scot@popart.org) Received: from popart.org (host5-99-52-28.btinternet.com [195.99.52.28]) by homer.duff-beer.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA00227 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 21:08:39 GMT Message-ID: <345501F0.5FB5172@popart.org> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 21:04:48 +0000 From: Scot Elliott X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading from 2.1-stable to 2.2-stable remotely? References: <199710272000.PAA14290@eyelab.psy.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Gary Schrock wrote: > At 05:51 PM 10/26/97 -0500, you wrote: > >You can do almost anything (including fsck) remotely if you use a > > serial console. Get a terminal server or use a null modem cable to Can anyone explain what the idea of the serial-console stuff in the kernel configuration is? I tried it expecting boot messages etc to come out on the terminal I had connected to one of the serial ports, but it didn't do that.. The only way I could access the machine via it was using a getty on it - which of course doesn't need a kerlel config option enabled.... Any clues? Cheers - Scot.