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On Thu, 10 Apr 1997 grog@lemis.de wrote:

> > I just got "The Complete FreeBSD" book from Walnut Creek CDROM and am
> > trying to clarify COMCONSOLE option in page 204.
> >
> > What I want to do is to use a COM1 port as a console instead of a VGA
> > port. After I enabled this option, I still get the prompt on my VGA
> > screen.

Are you sure you copied your kernel back?  After the boot: prompt times
out, then the comconsole will take over.

Try putting -k on the boot: prompt.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
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