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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!news.eecs.umich.edu!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mtu.edu!msunews!gvsu!river.it.gvsu.edu!behrensm From: behrensm@river.it.gvsu.edu (Matt Behrens) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Console on serial port? Date: 10 Jun 1997 13:12:54 GMT Organization: Grand Valley State University Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5njjsm$dnh@news.gvsu.edu> References: <5n90tc$909@news.gvsu.edu> <5n92rr$h9c$1@news.eecs.umich.edu> <k867vmd3hi.fsf@slbh01.i-have-a-misconfigured-system-so-shoot-me> NNTP-Posting-Host: river.it.gvsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42686 Heiko Blume (Heiko.Blume@bln.sel.alcatel.de) wrote: : is it possible to make the serial more consolish, : i.e. also put the boot prompt on the serial? : and (gasp!) the adaptec messages? Yep. If you set BOOT_PROBE_KEYBOARD or BOOT_FORCE_COMCONSOLE, everything from the boot prompt on will appear on your serial terminal. I use it, it's great. (Now to try removing my video card) :) -- Matt Behrens Zigg Computer Services zigg@iserv.net http://www.iserv.net/~zigg/