Paul Saab writes:
| Doug Ambrisko ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
| > Paul Saab writes:
| > | set console="comconsole" is what you want in /boot/loader.rc
| >
| > Yep, except that it doesn't initialize the com port, it just starts
| > using it so you end up with junk out the port. However, if you have a
| > BIOS that setups the baud rate etc. of the serial port then you would
| > be okay. Current FreeBSD does this in the boot blocks and not the loader.
|
| Umm.. That isn't the case at all. I use it all the time and it surely
| does init the com port.
Yep, you're right I just tried it and it worked. I tried a similar thing
once before with the loader and it failed for some reason to setup the serial
port. Thanks for the enlightenment, it will be usefull.
Doug A.
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