Hi Kyle,
Kyle Brantley wrote:
> On 5/30/2012 7:13 AM, Soren Kristensen wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Things are not that simple as:
>>
>> Chris Wilson wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have a feeling that the serial console, the only way to configure a
>>> Soekris,
>>> is very 1970s. Admittedly it is quite reliable, but slow, fiddly,
>>> most modern
>>> computers don't even have a serial port any more, and I've found
>>> USB-to-serial
>>> converters quite unreliable, with dropped characters causing issues
>>> using the
>>> terminal and boot menu. Also, comBIOS appears to have a bug which
>>> causes the
>>> output of many boot loaders (including PXELINUX and GRUB) to be
>>> corrupted and
>>> unreadable.
>> Many boot loaders try to output to both BIOS and serial port at the same
>> time, creating problem when the BIOS redirect to the serial port....
>>
>
> Would it be possible to have a comBIOS option which disables the
> redirection and mutes the comBIOS output itself?
added in comBIOS vers 1.16
* console port can be muted during post with
"set conmute=disabled | enabled", ctrl-P can still be used for
entering monitor.
But it don't disable the redirection. Might to something to consider,
but I thave the opinion that's it's the boot loaders responsibility not
to output to both.
Best Regards,
Soren Kristensen
CEO & Chief Engineer
Soekris Engineering, Inc.
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