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Date:      Fri, 7 May 2004 14:22:12 +0200
From:      Hank Hampel <lists@niamodnikufesin.de>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Connecting to a Headless machine, after install
Message-ID:  <20040507122212.GB87817@warning.this.domain.does.not-exist.de>
In-Reply-To: <409B40EC.3080900@users.sourceforge.net>
References:  <409B0973.7030205@solisix.com> <409B40EC.3080900@users.sourceforge.net>

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Hi everybody!

On (040507), Rob wrote:
> Funny, that I'm struggling with opposite problem: I do not get the
> boot messages over the serial cable, but do get the login prompt,
> which I do not understand :(.

To get your machine to display the boot messages on the serial console
just do the following as root:
echo -DP >/boot.config

On boot the keyboard is probed and if no keyboard is present the
serial console is selected.


Best regards, Hank

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