Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 18:25:18 -0400 (EDT) From: <up@3.am> To: Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: console redirection and other kernel options Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990816182341.12549B-100000@richard2.pil.net> In-Reply-To: <00c601bee830$c01309e0$fca3f9cf@megared.net.mx>
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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Alejandro Ramirez wrote: > Hi, > > You can try comconsole-0.1, this pakage it does what you want its in the > ports collection /usr/ports/sysutils/comconsole. > > For your kernel, I think that you grabed the LINT file and customized as you > wanted, but I believe that you should copy the GENERIC file, add the lines > you need, and remove the others you dont. Thanks...no, I was building a modified GENERIC. The problem seems to be with "make depend". the config program tells you to run it, but if you do, you get the bloated kernel. I skipped it, and now the kernel's down to a relatively svelt 1.7MB. So much for following directions! :-/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <up@3.am> > To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 4:10 PM > Subject: console redirection and other kernel options > > > > > > This is my first BSD installation coming from a Sparc/Solaris background, > > so please bear with me... > > > > 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 > > > > which, according to the comments in LINT and everywhere else I check, is > > supposed to force the OS console to COM1. However, once I get past the > > bios and the initial kernel load, it stops reporting to the serial > > console, and it takes no keyboard input from the vt320 I have hooked up > > there. If a vga monitor and PC keyboard are hooked up, they work fine and > > it otherwise boots normally. > > > > 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? > > > > TIA, > > > > James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor > > up@3.am http://3.am > > ========================================================================= > > ISPF 3 - The Forum for ISPs by ISPs(tm) || Nov 15-17, 1999, New Orleans > > 3 days of clues, news, and views from the industry's best and brightest. > > Visit <http://www.ispf.com/>; for information and registration. > > ========================================================================= > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor up@3.am http://3.am ========================================================================= ISPF 3 - The Forum for ISPs by ISPs(tm) || Nov 15-17, 1999, New Orleans 3 days of clues, news, and views from the industry's best and brightest. Visit <http://www.ispf.com/>; for information and registration. ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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