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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Redirecting /dev/console ?
Date: 26 Jan 1996 23:26:43 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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deborah@velara.microunity.com (Deborah Gronke Bennett) writes:

> I use a serial console all the time, but my PCs still have the keyboard
> and monitor attached. You will need to build your kernel with the
> COMCONSOLE option.

Nope.  The kernel can chose the console dynamically, all you need is a
modified bootblock to force it using the serial console.  See my other
reply.

-- 
cheers, J"org

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