From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 27 20:16:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA20204 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Aug 1996 20:16:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts10-line11.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.109]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA20199 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 1996 20:16:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA00458; Tue, 27 Aug 1996 20:16:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 20:16:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Dan Janowski cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel for no video or keyboard In-Reply-To: <322346D1.41C67EA6@netcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Dan Janowski wrote: > I am looking to make a kernel for a machine that is > a headless server, i.e. has no video card or keyboard. Only a > getty/console on a serial port. Aside from removing the sc or vt > driver, is there anything else I should do to keep it from > probing or trying to configure, and so that after the > actual kernel has been loaded into memory that it dumps its > proceedings to the first serial port? Sounds like you want to use 'options COMCONSOLE'. Just after the Boot: prompt, it redirects all console activity out sio0. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major