From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 21 21:23:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA25058 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 May 1998 21:23:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from camel8.mindspring.com (camel8.mindspring.com [207.69.200.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA25035 for ; Thu, 21 May 1998 21:23:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jjyuill@mindspring.com) Received: from default (user-38ld81s.dialup.mindspring.com [209.86.160.60]) by camel8.mindspring.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA21823; Fri, 22 May 1998 00:23:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980522002317.006d4918@pop.mindspring.com> X-Sender: jjyuill@pop.mindspring.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 00:23:17 -0400 To: fam@risca.com (Frank Mandarino) From: Jim Yuill Subject: Re: seeking advice re: configuring a serial console Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, grog@lemis.com, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, sysadmin@mfn.org In-Reply-To: <98May20.194335edt.26881@sky.risca.com> References: <19980515111439.D305@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >I got the boot: prompt to appear on the serial console of my >2.2.6-RELEASE system by: > >1) building my kernel with "options COMCONSOLE" to force the serial >console, and > >2) creating a /boot.config file containing the option "-P", to use the >serial console if no keyboard is found, > >3) unplugging my keyboard. > >The file /usr/src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot/README.serial contains further >information. > >Regards, >../fam >-- >Frank A. Mandarino fam@risca.com > 60 F1 97 67 FB B9 9D 75 F8 C4 FA 9E AF 2F 04 FE > Frank, thanks for the great info!! I tried it and it works well. Per instructions in README.serial, I also had to set the CMOS keyboard field to "not installed". jim .---------------------------------------------. | This note was written using voice-input-- | | strange typos may be present :-) | '---------------------------------------------' Jim Yuill, graduate student Computer Science Department North Carolina State University 919-546-0537 (h/w) 2718 Clark Ave; Raleigh, NC 27607 (h/w) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message