Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 10:22:48 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steve Bertrand" <steve@ibctech.ca> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Enabling Serial Console Message-ID: <3372.209.167.16.15.1094221368.squirrel@209.167.16.15> In-Reply-To: <20040903111241.A72978@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20040903111241.A72978@ganymede.hub.org>
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> > Wish to enable the serial console on my servers so that I can remotely > view a reboot when it crashes ... I know to plug the serial cable > into > COM1 ... and I know I have to add something to /boot.config, but, if I > want to set it so that even if the keyboard is plugged in, the serial > console works, what do I need to add? I always thought -P, but > reading > the man page, I'm not so sure :( I believe what you are looking for is: # echo '-h' > /boot.config > Also ... I'm going to cross-connect the servers for now ... > ServerA/COM1->ServerB/COM2, ServerB/COM1->ServerC/COM2, etc ... what > happens if all machines come up at once? I see nothing in the man > page > about 'detecting serial', so I'm assuming that the serial console will > still work, even if there is nothing at the other end 'listening' yet? > > Thanks ... > > ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services > (http://www.hub.org) > Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: > 7615664 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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