Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 18:22:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: grog@lemis.de Cc: administrator@jcis.com, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970410181520.7002D-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199704100852.RAA01560@papillon.lemis.de>
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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 Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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