Re: SOLUTION MBR hack for serial console

2009-09-18 Thread remodeler
> I found your Email most helpful thank you. if I may ask, how do you > get vim to display the correct rows and columns? > I am using a xterm on a 1440x900 monitor and ssh to another FreeBSD > machine that has my serial cable to my server. > vim appears a very small, do you know how to change this?

SOLUTION MBR hack for serial console

2009-09-18 Thread remodeler
This is a solution to the problem I had. I think others might struggle with it too. John Baldwin kindly helped on this list. The FreeBSD handbook article on setting up serial consoles says "Only sio0 through sio3 (COM1 through COM4) can be used; multiport serial cards will not work". I have a rece