Re: PXE (pxeboot) and serial consoles - force it!

[Paul Saab]

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.

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