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From: sastdr@torpid.unx.sas.com (Thomas David Rivers)
Subject: Re: Serial console?
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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 21:07:08 GMT
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In article <CGD.93Feb25175119@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU> cgd@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) writes:
>In article <TRI.93Feb26023220@supergirl.hut.fi> tri@niksula.hut.fi (Timo Rinne) writes:
>>Would it be possible to use serial terminal as a console in 386bsd.  I
>>don't want to have console window on my x-screen but I still want to
>>see console messages.  In order to see as much boot info as possible,
>>I'd like to configure my system to change console to /dev/com? as
>>early stage of the boot procedure as possible. 
>
>if you're willing to run my serial driver package,
>i've got a serial-console-support diff which i'm in the process
>of having a bunch of people betatest *right now*...
>
>
>if you're interested in helping test it, send me mail...
>
>
>chris
>cgd@cs.berkeley.edu
>--
>Chris G. Demetriou                                    cgd@cs.berkeley.edu
>
>                 MENTALLY CONTAMINATED and proud of it!



Also, if you're just interested in seeing the boot messages (assuming
you are already using xterm -C to see the current console messages) -
you can just look in /var/log/messages.   It's all there.

	- Dave Rivers -
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