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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA2319 ; Mon, 01 Mar 93 10:53:54 EST Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!concert!sas!mozart.unx.sas.com!torpid.unx.sas.com!sastdr From: sastdr@torpid.unx.sas.com (Thomas David Rivers) Subject: Re: Serial console? Sender: news@unx.sas.com (Noter of Newsworthy Events) Message-ID: <C32qnx.4Bq@unx.sas.com> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 21:07:08 GMT References: <TRI.93Feb26023220@supergirl.hut.fi> <CGD.93Feb25175119@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU> Nntp-Posting-Host: torpid.unx.sas.com Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Lines: 34 In article <CGD.93Feb25175119@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU> cgd@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) writes: >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 >-- >Chris G. Demetriou cgd@cs.berkeley.edu > > MENTALLY CONTAMINATED and proud of it! Also, if you're just interested in seeing the boot messages (assuming you are already using xterm -C to see the current console messages) - you can just look in /var/log/messages. It's all there. - Dave Rivers - (rivers@ponds.uucp (home)) (sastdr@unx.sas.com (work)) -- UPDATE ALL INFORMATION AND POD INTO COSMOS - Federal Express