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From: cgd@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Serial console?
Date: 25 Feb 93 17:51:19
Organization: Kernel Hackers 'r' Us
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In-reply-to: tri@niksula.hut.fi's message of 26 Feb 93 02:32:20
In article <TRI.93Feb26023220@supergirl.hut.fi> tri@niksula.hut.fi (Timo Rinne) writes:
>Would it be possible to use serial terminal as a console in 386bsd. I
>don't want to have console window on my x-screen but I still want to
>see console messages. In order to see as much boot info as possible,
>I'd like to configure my system to change console to /dev/com? as
>early stage of the boot procedure as possible.
if you're willing to run my serial driver package,
i've got a serial-console-support diff which i'm in the process
of having a bunch of people betatest *right now*...
if you're interested in helping test it, send me mail...
chris
cgd@cs.berkeley.edu
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