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Date:      Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:00:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Dan <dan@expresscopy.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: No Login: on serial console
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904121200090.3957-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904120031470.49013-100000@admin.expresscopy.com>

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On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Dan wrote:

> After getting a serial console to show me the [Boot] prompt on
> a recent installation of FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE, I'm not able to 
> see any messages past the point when the Kernel is loaded, or
> get a login prompt when connecting after the machine is up.
> 
> At the moment, I'm using just -P in /boot.config.
> 
> Any ideas?

The -P forces a keyboard probe; if no keyboard is attached then it faults
over to the serial console.

Is this what you're trying to accomplish? 

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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