Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 01:07:09PM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
>> Seems like basic stuff, but I've never seen mention of it before. > > Actually this comes up on this list quite regularly. Search for > 'remote console access' in the list archives. The trick, basically, > is to tell the system to use Serial A as it's console -- how to do > that is described in the Handbook: Thanks, but as you noted, it's not hard to find info about remote serial port consoles. My question was about doing a similar thing over Ethernet. That is, with a single Ethernet cable between the local NIC and the remote NIC, not necessarily on a real, many-port network, and definitely without telnet, ssh, and other network services running -- so that it works from single-user mode, working just like a serial console. I'm sure the Ethernet support is mostly there in the kernel, but maybe something fairly simple is missing from whatever reads /etc/ttys; eg, to know which NIC is to be the console port), and maybe there needs to be an ethernet-getty (similar to telnet, but which needn't even use IP addresses). And maybe a "ethconsole" addition to "comconsole" and "vidconsole" in "/boot/loader.conf". Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like this would be a often- used feature, especially as RS-232 serial ports will probably be disappearing from new motherboards in the next few years. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"