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Re: [TCLUG:14044] serial consoles
no.. no special bios is required for serial console, but you don't get to
talk to the box via console untill the linux kernel is booting. I have
seen some DEC alpha motherboards that have BIOS support for serial
consoles
Thank You,
Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Dan Debertin wrote:
> We're trying to avoid KVM switches altogether here. We're used to having
> access to the Sun serial console, and are trying to get the same thing on
> the i386 Linux/FreeBSD boxes that we're looking at buying. I know that a
> serial console is supported in both the Linux and FreeBSD kernels, but I
> have the mysterious idea that this also requires a certain kind of BIOS
> ..... the Phoenix BIOS comes to mind, and I think there are others. Can
> anyone validate this/provide suggestions?
>
> Thanks --
>
> ~Dan D.
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