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Date:      Sun, 1 Sep 1996 16:33:24 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Cc:        dan@dpcsys.com (Dan Busarow)
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD without console
Message-ID:  <199609011433.QAA17615@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.UW2.3.95.960831143459.1276B-100000@cedb> from Dan Busarow at "Aug 31, 96 02:42:35 pm"

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As Dan Busarow wrote:

> > > 	Is there a way that I can run without
> > > 	any console port i.e. no VGA or COM1 port and redirect
> 
> > No.  The console must exist (if it exists at all) before the root file
> > system is mounted.
> 
> Sure you can.  Boot with -c and disable sc0.

Read what i wrote: ``if it exists at all''.  It cannot exist in terms
of a plain file, however.  This was the question (as i understand it).

Of course, you can run without *any* console, but then you gotta rely
exclusively on syslog to catch all the interesting messages.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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