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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