Re: SOLUTION MBR hack for serial console

2009-09-18 Thread remodeler
> I found your Email most helpful thank you. if I may ask, how do you > get vim to display the correct rows and columns? > I am using a xterm on a 1440x900 monitor and ssh to another FreeBSD > machine that has my serial cable to my server. > vim appears a very small, do you know how to change this?

SOLUTION MBR hack for serial console

2009-09-18 Thread remodeler
This is a solution to the problem I had. I think others might struggle with it too. John Baldwin kindly helped on this list. The FreeBSD handbook article on setting up serial consoles says "Only sio0 through sio3 (COM1 through COM4) can be used; multiport serial cards will not work". I have a rece

Re: MBR hack for serial console

2009-08-28 Thread John Baldwin
On Thursday 27 August 2009 11:36:09 pm remodeler wrote: > This is in response to John Baldwin's response to my question about using a > non-legacy IO port for an i386 serial console. > > I notice that src/sys/boot/i386/boot0/boot0.S uses a call to the PC BIOS int > 14h routine to access the serial

Re: MBR hack for serial console

2009-08-28 Thread remodeler
This is in response to John Baldwin's response to my question about using a non-legacy IO port for an i386 serial console. I notice that src/sys/boot/i386/boot0/boot0.S uses a call to the PC BIOS int 14h routine to access the serial console, if SIO is defined. I believe SIO is defined if make.conf

Re: MBR hack for serial console

2009-08-27 Thread John Baldwin
On Wednesday 26 August 2009 5:07:16 pm remodeler wrote: > I am hoping for input on a patch I want to apply to the MBR of a FreeBSD > 8-BETA3 AMD64 server. I need a serial console on this server. The ASUS > motherboard (amibios) has PCI and PCI-e expansion slots, and a Moschip MCS9820 > UART (serial

MBR hack for serial console

2009-08-26 Thread remodeler
I am hoping for input on a patch I want to apply to the MBR of a FreeBSD 8-BETA3 AMD64 server. I need a serial console on this server. The ASUS motherboard (amibios) has PCI and PCI-e expansion slots, and a Moschip MCS9820 UART (serial board) is installed at pci0:3:5:0. The amibios can be configure