Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 23:06:47 -0800 From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: matt@msg.ucsf.edu Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console friendly motherboard/BIOS ? Message-ID: <38E44E87.D4DF7545@gorean.org> References: <20000310171326.E4562@mello.ucsf.edu>
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matt@msg.ucsf.edu wrote: > > originally i thought i would get a PC Weasel to turn my FreeBSD server > into something i could >really< manage from the console. (PC Weasel info > is at http://www.realweasel.com/intro.html). for those who don't know > about this product, it's a card which allows you to see pre-boot messages > from a remote console. i saw it mentioned on slasdhot earlier this week. > > i then heard that some motherboard/BIOS combinations do this too. since i > need to upgrade my machine anyhow, i can kill 2 birds with one stone by > getting such a system and skipping the Weasel. can anyone suggest a > motherboard/BIOS that does this? The Intel L440GX allows you to configure the BIOS settings over the serial console. Someone said that they are phasing this board out though. :-/ Doug -- "So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into existence? Is that possible?" asked the student incredulously. The master simply replied, "Mu." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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