Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 15:19:11 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: spork@fasttrackmonkey.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server-class mobo's Message-ID: <200011072319.eA7NJBF33525@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Nov 2000 18:06:54 EST." <Pine.GSO.4.20.0011071802500.12944-100000@frothy.fasttrackmonkey.com>
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> Hi, > > Anyone have any ideas on who besides Intel uses this Phoenix BIOS that > integrates a full serial console (from power on to OS boot)? > > http://www.phoenix.com/platform/serverbios.html > > The only feature that intrigues me is the serial console; very useful for > colo'd servers. It allows you into the normal BIOS screens as well as any > SCSI controller/RAID controller setups. > > Intel is a bit pricey for the current 133MHz bus boards... Tyan are doing this on the S2500 and S2510 boards, which BSDi are building into our current family of 1U and 2U server systems. Note that most of these BIOS-serial designs are of the screen-scraper variety, so you still need a video card. Ugh. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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