On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:04:39AM -0800, Christopher Maujean wrote: > >Who needs keyboards. grab a serial cable and bring up the console on >ttyS0 >
On b0rked hardware platforms like x86, software serial console will not let you access the BIOS or provide other needed functions; you need the console most when the OS is hosed. We have acquired a PCWeasel to provide hardware serial console on the x86 platform (it replaces the video card), and have been very happy with it: http://www.realweasel.com OpenBSD fans will be pleased to hear it comes from Canada. -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
