From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 18 04:12:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA16921 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 04:12:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from nectech.nectech.co.uk (nectech.nectech.co.uk [194.129.183.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id EAA16900 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 04:11:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from <@host200-253.neceur.com:Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk>) Received: from host200-253.neceur.com by nectech.nectech.co.uk id aa16593; 18 Nov 97 12:20 GMT Received: by exchange with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) id ; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 12:08:35 -0000 Message-ID: <014CB6ADC0BCD0118B1B006097827D5B022D28@exchange> From: "Bond, Jeffery" To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Cc: "'button@captech.com'" Subject: Re: setting a serial port as system console Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 12:08:33 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >From: Doug White >Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 17:00:29 -0800 (PST) >Subject: Re: setting a serial port as system console > >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 I'm sure FreeBSD would be happy without a video card, but the PC's bios would almost certainly complain, and fail to boot. Jeff Bond. --------------------------------------------------- Jeffery Bond ---------------------------------------------------