From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 3 14:21:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D546716A4CE for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:21:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pearl.ibctech.ca (dev.eagle.ca [209.167.58.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F62943D3F for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:21:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 2082 invoked by uid 1002); 3 Sep 2004 14:22:50 -0000 Received: from steve@ibctech.ca by pearl.ibctech.ca by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (clamscan: 0.73. spamassassin: 2.64. Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 2.356227 secs); 03 Sep 2004 14:22:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO webmail.ibctech.ca) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.ibctech.ca with SMTP; 3 Sep 2004 14:22:47 -0000 Received: from 209.167.16.15 (SquirrelMail authenticated user steve@ibctech.ca); by webmail.ibctech.ca with HTTP; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 10:22:48 -0400 (EDT) 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> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 10:22:48 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steve Bertrand" To: "Marc G. Fournier" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Enabling Serial Console X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 14:21:38 -0000 > > 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" >