Subject: Re: Some FAQ proposals (long, sorry)
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Toru Nishimura <nisimura@itc.aist-nara.ac.jp>
List: port-pmax
Date: 01/04/2000 09:46:59
>> For serial consoles, ``console'' needs to be set to the value ``s'' (and
>> will be the default anyway, if no keyboard is connected).
>>
>> setenv console "s"
>>
>> If a keyboard is connected and the console is still set to ``s'', the
>> serial terminal will take preference.
>>
>> The ``osconsole'' variable is set automatically by the system, and can't
>> be modified.
>>
>> osconsole=x
>
> osconsole CAN be modified. Even if the console is set to serial, if
> osconsole is set to graphics, Ultrix will read osconsole and use the
> grafix console after autoconf.
osconsole variable is set by PROM monitor. Contrary to DEC
documentation, page F-16 of ''Personal DECstation 5000 User's Guide''
specifically, the value can be altered by hand. You can 'fool' ULTRIX
or NetBSD/pmax by changing osconsole variable after poweron, you can
never alter how osconsole variable value is determined by PROM.
Tohru Nishimura