On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Bent wrote:

>   * console port can be muted during post with
>     "set conmute=disabled | enabled", ctrl-P can still be used for
>     entering monitor.
> "
> it is only muted during POST ( I guess that is what they mean with
> 'post').

This was for a GPS device that didn't like chatter, I think.

> As soon as the boot manager (LILO, GRUB or whatever) takes over then it 
> isn't muted any longer?

I guess the bootloader would have to be configured not to write to the 
serial port or screen, too. (Maybe ConMute would block the automatic 
gatewaying of BIOS screen writes to the serial port.)

Mike
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