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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:20:51 +0200
From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>
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On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 07:11:53AM -0600, Tim Hogan typed:
> I have installed FreeBSD v4.8 on an Intel system that had a monitor and 
> a keyboard attached at the time of install.  I would now like to remove 
> the monitor and keyboard and have a headless unit however I can't seem 
> to make the serial port work as a console.  Can't someone direct me to 
> where to go to solve this problem?

Putting "-Dh" (without quotes) in /boot.config works for me.

-Ruben
 
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> Tim
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