From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 10 14:41:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu (bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu [128.226.1.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2879837BA2B; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:41:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu) Received: from sol.cs.binghamton.edu (sol.cs.binghamton.edu [128.226.123.100]) by bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA24893; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 17:41:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 17:38:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Zhihui Zhang To: Mike Smith Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: recompiling boot blocks & serial console In-Reply-To: <200008102130.OAA01509@mass.osd.bsdi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I want to set up a serial console on a freebsd 4.1 box. I follow the > > > > instructions at http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/. I tried to do > > > > the following: > > > > > > Put > > > > > > -h > > > > > > in /boot.config. Now you have a serial console. > > > > Yes! Two more quick questions: how to change baud rate? Can kermit > > capture the output? (I use kermit on the other FreeBSD machine). > > You need to recompile the bootblocks to change the baudrate; set > BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED in /etc/make.conf, then do: > > # cd /sys/boot > # make clean cleandepend > # make depend && make && make install > # disklabel -B > Done! I use Windows 98 HyperTerminal right now because I do not know which Unix terminal program can capture its output into a file. Thanks! BTW, the web page should tell readers to do "make cleandepend" and "make depend". -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message