On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 05:29:18PM -0700, cpghost wrote: > Yes, but the other way around is possible with a little help from a > patched or more capable BIOS. Such a BIOS could intercept the "display > character" (int $0x10, ah=0xe), "check for keypress" (int 0x16, ah=0x1), > and "get keypress" (int 0x16, ah=0x0) BIOS calls and reroute them to > or from the serial interface. > > With such a BIOS, /boot/boot0 would run just fine, because the > bootloader would be oblivious to this rerouting. > > Isn't it the approach taken by Soekris devices? These boxes have no This is the approach taken by [most] server motherboards which offer a serial console setting. I don't use boot0sio on my MP Opteron systems. -- -- David (obrien_at_FreeBSD.org) Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is top-posting (putting a reply at the top of the message) frowned upon? Let's not play "Jeopardy-style quoting"Received on Sat Feb 09 2008 - 00:20:10 UTC
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