Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 17:00:29 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Russ Button <button@captech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: setting a serial port as system console Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117165940.11123I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34709A4A.8150495C@captech.com>
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On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Russ Button wrote: > I'm considering using a PC with FreeBSD as a web server. > I'm going to be co-locating it at my company, so it is > essential that I minimize the "footprint" it takes up. > I want to configure it so that a serial port, COM1 or > COM2 I suppose, will be the system console. I anticipate > NOT having a video board in the machine, but to run it > headless without a monitor or keyboard. > > Is this doable? It is something I can readily do on a > Sun machine. This is easy to do on FreeBSD too. Just build a kernel with options options COMCONSOLE options FORCE_COMCONSOLE This way the comconsole will be used regardless, with or without a video card. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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