Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:47:15 +0900 From: Hiroharu Tamaru <tamaru@myn.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to receive BIOS console redirection? Message-ID: <sa68yccn88c.wl@gin.myn.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: <87pt5p90is.fsf@delta.meridian-enviro.com> References: <sa63c2rneyl.wl@gin.myn.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <20040814073928.DEBD367F83@gunfright.epcdirect.co.uk> <sa6y8kgmwlz.wl@gin.myn.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <87pt5p90is.fsf@delta.meridian-enviro.com>
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At Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:45:15 -0500, Douglas K. Rand wrote: > > ** Hiroharu Tamaru <tamaru@myn.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp> on Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:09:12 +0900 > ** in [Re: How to receive BIOS console redirection?] writes: > > Hiroharu> And for 3ware RAID BIOS (entered with Alt-3), the menu is > Hiroharu> entered (as verified on video console), but the output is > Hiroharu> not redirected to the serial port, though, the keys I type > Hiroharu> on the serial side are sent and recoganized by the RAID > Hiroharu> BIOS. > > We ran into a similar problem with the 3ware BIOS on a few systems of > ours that have a PC Weasel card. The 3ware card swithces to graphics > mode, and the serial forwarding can't handle the graphics. (I know, it > still looks like text, but it's really graphics mode.) 3ware did this > because of their 12 port controllers, they needed graphics mode to be > able to get all the drives listed on the screen. Ah, I see. Well, if even PC Weasel can't handle it, surely, there isn't much hope in getting that screen redirected.. 'Goodness they provided most, if not all, functionalities in 3dmd. -- Hiroharu Tamaru
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