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Date:      Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:09:31 -0600
From:      Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: serial console
Message-ID:  <199708271909.NAA29396@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>

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Hi,

>add "flags 0x30" to the sio0 line in your kernel config file, and
>then do "echo -h > /boot.config", to force serial console usage.
>
>If you want to run a serial console on something other than COM1, then
>you need custom bootblocks: see src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot/README.serial

this document gives no info on building/installing bootblocks.  could someone
give us a concise cookbook style description of how to safely
do these 2 steps, or point to a document that does?

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