From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Aug 31 18:41:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA00269 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 18:41:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dorsai.dorsai.org (infi@dorsai.dorsai.org [206.127.32.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA00262 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 18:41:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by dorsai.dorsai.org (5.67b/23Dec93-Dorsai Embassy) id AA16806; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 21:39:00 -0400 Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 21:39:00 -0400 (edt) From: Igigi International Cc: FreeBSD hackers Subject: Re: FreeBSD without console In-Reply-To: <199608310553.HAA07064@uriah.heep.sax.de> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, J Wunsch wrote: > As francis yeung wrote: > > > Is there a way that I can run without > > any console port i.e. no VGA or COM1 port and redirect > > the console output to a file so that I can login from > > another workstation remotely using tail -f "console file". > > No. The console must exist (if it exists at all) before the root file > system is mounted. > I've been able to use FreeBSD sucessfully even after having removed the video card and disabling the BIOS check for it. FSD probably just had no idea the video was missing although console data was still being sent to this 'screen'. Do you just want to remove the video/VGA output or do you truly want NO console?