Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 16:44:45 -0500 (CDT) From: James Wyatt <jwyatt@bsdie.rwsystems.net> To: up@3.am Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console redirection and other kernel options Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908161629050.35640-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990816165711.20604A-100000@richard2.pil.net>
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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 up@3.am wrote:
> This is my first BSD installation coming from a Sparc/Solaris background,
> so please bear with me...
Welcome aboard!
> I've built a rackmount server that I'd like to be able to get into the
> console remotely, via a direct connection from a PM2. I've got the bios
> to come come up over the serial connection (it's an Intel L440GX+ with
> console redirection support) and I built a new kernel with:
>
> device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" flags 0x20 tty irq 4
This just configures the serial port device into the kernel. You need that
to use a serial console or dialup modem. It's an important first step! 8{)
You might also look-into adding this line to your kernel:
options CONSPEED=38400 #default speed for serial console (default 9600)
To get a getty on the serial line, allowing you a login prompt, try
adding this line to /etc/ttys and signalling init:
ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400" vt320 on secure
> Any hints on how to get this working, would be greatly appreciated. On a
> somewhat related note, I noticed that the original GENERIC kernel was
> about 2.3MB, and this new one that I built is <cough> 8.3MB, even though I
> mostly just commented stuff out in the config file. Is this normal, ie
> the original kernel is compressed or something?
Yikes! Most of my Kernels are 1-2MB. Is this file size, memory footprint,
or what? Removing lots of unused drivers helps quite a bit. I think the
kernel is compressed, there is gzip code in it. HTH - Jy@
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