Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 09:27:39 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Enabling Serial Console Message-ID: <tggjj013ttss6phgvd83qq7a8julcourr8@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <20040903111241.A72978@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20040903111241.A72978@ganymede.hub.org>
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On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 11:18:20 -0300 (ADT), in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: > >Wish to enable the serial console on my servers so that I can remotely=20 >view a reboot when it crashes ...=20 Add -Dh to /boot.config And to /etc/ttys - ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure + ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure >want to set it so that even if the keyboard is plugged in, the serial=20 >console works, what do I need to add? I always thought -P, but reading=20 >the man page, I'm not so sure :( At boot up time if you want output to go to the console, hit F1 as normal, and then at the booting prompt hit the space bar, and then enter in -h and enter. It will then go to the console as normal. ---Mike
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