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From: frisch@mailhub.hcl.com (Mike Frisch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Booting with serial console
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 96 19:25:01 GMT
Organization: Hummingbird Communications Ltd
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In article <9607260941.aa11195@office.demon.net>, darrylb@demon.net wrote:
>I need to be able to boot Netbsd i386 from a serial console, ie no monitor
>connected.
Is this even possible with an Intel machine? I was under the
impression this was a feature of the hardware (like on my Suns), not of
the operating system.
Mike.
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