Am Donnerstag, 17. Februar 2005 23:57 schrieb Joachim Dagerot: > The handbook describes a way to install freeBSD to a headless system. > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-advanced >.html) > > I'm used to drag'n'drop(!) my 45kg 21" spare monitor in and out from the > closet to do single-user tasks. But now I want to go the serial port way. > > > 1. Is there a way to get a serial console after the installation is done? > How? (Link?)
Just add the line "console=comconsole" in /boot/loader.conf and you have your 1st sio as console with 9600boud. If you need loader interactivity, instead create the file /boot.config with the two characters "-h" in the first line, then you don't need to set the console in loader.conf. If you want to have a different console speed see the sysctl "machdep.conspeed". You can set that via sysctl.conf. But if you also want a different port or serial control before login see the following options in /etc/make.conf: BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT= 0x2F8 # Use sio1 (com2) BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED= 115200 You have to rebuild your kernel and the loader. For the latter go to /usr/src/sys/boot/i386 and 'make clean' 'make depend' 'make install' If you want to login in multiuser mode edit /etc/ttys and make sure you have a line like that: ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.115200" cons25 on secure > 2. Can I connect a palm to use as a console on the headless > freeBSD system? How? (Link?) No idea, sorry Best regards, -Harry
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