Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:46:01 -0600 From: Dan D Niles <dan@more.net> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial Port Problems Message-ID: <1172853961.26327.8.camel@jane.spg.more.net> In-Reply-To: <004c01c75cad$d7145500$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <1172784439.14922.47.camel@jane.spg.more.net> <004c01c75cad$d7145500$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645>
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On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 01:33 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan D Niles" <dan@more.net> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 1:27 PM > Subject: Serial Port Problems > > > > > > More Dell 2950 woes. > > > > I use serial ports to manage my FreeBSD machines remotely. I've never > > had any problems until now. I've installed FreeBSD 6.2 on a Dell 2950. > > > > The install goes without problems over the serial port. After the > > reboot, I get the typical: > > > > FreeBSD/i386 (test.host.net) (ttyd0) > > > > login: > > > > and I can log in just fine. If I disconnect and come back later > > (sometimes), or if I hit return without entering a login name (always) > > it starts spitting out junk like: > > > > Get a cheapie pci serial port card, plug it in, and see if it works any > better > > Ted I use console redirection to have access to the BIOS over the serial port. Can I redirect console output to a pci card?
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