In article <20051014172158.983263D83@string1.ciencias.uniovi.es>,
Igor Sobrado  <igor@string1.ciencias.uniovi.es> wrote:
>Hello.
>
>I am just discovering that I am too lazy.  Is there a way to redirect
>the operating system console to the second serial port without building
>a customized kernel?  In other words, without building a kernel
>that includes
>
>options 	CONSDEVNAME="\"com\"",CONADDR=0x2f8,CONSPEED=9600
>options 	CONS_OVERRIDE	# Always use above! independent of boot info
>
>in its configuration file.  I know that it works if we type "consdev auto"
>on the ">" prompt.  Is there a way to automatically set the console
>device to auto before booting?  I prefer using one of the kernels
>provided in the distribution if it is possible at all.  As ACPI is
>a real challenge on my server now, there is not a strong requirement
>to build a customized kernel.

man installboot.

christos