Re: serial console device, and installboot vs. /boot.cfg

[Steve Rikli <sr%genyosha.net@localhost>]

On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 10:22:27PM +0100, Rhialto wrote:
> On Fri 09 Feb 2024 at 12:24:24 -0800, Steve Rikli wrote:
> > And e.g. in my semi- real-world
> > keyboard+VGA crash cart scenario, to switch consoles you'd (un)comment
> > the consdev line in /boot.cfg rather than rewriting bootstrap options;
> > this feels less intrusive to me.
> 
> I thought, but I never tried, that it is also possible to swap from the
> serial console to the pc console if you are in the (serial) boot prompt
> and type a command ("consdev pc" I suspect).

It's a good thought, and I can confirm it does work just as you said.

So, this is an even better solution, if your system is healthy enough
to get to loader and you don't want to reconfig and reboot etc.

Cheers,
sr.