On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:00:33 -0500 Loh John Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So I have a fresh install of FreeBSD 5.1 from a CD (ISO). > > Now I'm trying to turn on console redirection in my image, but I can't seem > to get it to work properly. > > I read the article on turning on console redirection at > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setu > p.html > > but I think that doc was geared towards a 4.X release as it says that > specific sio options > need to be set in the kernel config file. > > However, reading the man page on the sio driver in 5.1-release man pages at > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sio&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=Fre > eBSD+5.1-RELEASE&format=html > > it seems that we just need to set those configs that used to be in the > kernel conf file in 4.7 in the > /boot/devices.hints file. > > So I've set these options in the hints file to turn on the serial > redirection with the flag 0x90 > > hint.sio.0.at="isa" > hint.sio.0.port="0x3F8" > hint.sio.0.flags="0x90" > hint.sio.0.irq="4" > hint.sio.1.at="isa" > hint.sio.1.port="0x2F8" > hint.sio.1.irq="3" > hint.sio.2.at="isa" > hint.sio.2.disabled="1" > hint.sio.2.port="0x3E8" > hint.sio.2.irq="5" > hint.sio.3.at="isa" > hint.sio.3.disabled="1" > hint.sio.3.port="0x2E8" > hint.sio.3.irq="9" > > I've also set in the /boot.config file the -P flag to > set the console to the serial console in the presence of a keyboard. > > and I've changed /etc/ttys to allow for the ttyd0 as well. > > I am using the generic FreeBSD 5.1 kernel with the generic 5.1 kernel config > options, > but from what I read, I think I can still enable serial console redirection > with the generic kernel. > Any ideas as to what I might be missing to have the redirection to teh > serial console. > > Thanks, > John > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" echo "-h" >/boot.conf and you well have serial... -- if (Better You Treat Them) { return "Worst You Get Treated"; } I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed.. (Martin Luther King) /* FingerPrint: 0D42 F870 F650 6B86 CA9E E199 A57D 3824 F8AA A934 */ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
