Re: USB Console?

2007-11-10 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007, Jerahmy Pocott wrote: I was wondering if there is any way to put the console on a USB port? Since serial and parallel ports are becoming things of the past and many systems don't come with them any more.. Serial console on USB? The boot console? Probably not. Logging in

Re: USB Console?

2007-11-10 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Jerahmy Pocott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wondering if there is any way to put the console on a USB port? > Since serial and parallel ports are becoming things of the past and > many systems don't come with them any more.. > > Serial console on USB? I think it should work okay with a USB

Re: USB Console?

2007-11-09 Thread Jack Barnett
Jerahmy Pocott wrote: Hello, Firstly sorry for my recent double post mx1.freebsd.org was rejecting my mail for some reason.. I was wondering if there is any way to put the console on a USB port? Since serial and parallel ports are becoming things of the past and many systems don't come with the

Re: USB console or other alternatives

2007-04-26 Thread Doug Lee
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 04:24:23PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Doug Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:14:26AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >> What do you hook up to that serial port, anyway? > > > > A desktop Windows machine with a serial port, until said machin

Re: USB console or other alternatives

2007-04-26 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Doug Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:14:26AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> Doug Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Can modern hardware and a modern FreeBSD version provide console >> > access before the kernel loads via USB or via anything other than an >> > ac

Re: USB console or other alternatives

2007-04-26 Thread Doug Lee
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:14:26AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Doug Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm one of these guys running FreeBSD 4.11 on very old hardware (a > > Pentium 166, specifically), and I want to upgrade to FreeBSD 6 or 7 > > soon but with new hardware. Being blind, I ne

Re: USB console or other alternatives

2007-04-26 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Doug Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm one of these guys running FreeBSD 4.11 on very old hardware (a > Pentium 166, specifically), and I want to upgrade to FreeBSD 6 or 7 > soon but with new hardware. Being blind, I need to use something > other than the video card for a console. I've been

Re: usb console

2005-04-11 Thread Emanuel Strobl
Am Freitag, 8. April 2005 00:50 schrieb Gert Cuykens: > Is it possible to do the console thingie not with a null modem serial > cable but with a usb cable ? > > When you do the serial console, it means that you have a screen like > it was the other pc's screen, right ? With boot messages and Right