From fd5e6e97b4b221f41853c044ed4250d83decf975 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giorgos Keramidas Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 14:52:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Example commands look immensely better when they are not part of the running text, so split off a sample command to a by itself. While here, fix some quoting problems of /boot/loader.conf examples[1] Submitted by: ckoch001@informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de [1] --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml index 0ecf9914c6..fdc927c656 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml @@ -1947,8 +1947,8 @@ raisechar=^^ To see all boot messages on the serial console, issue - the following command: echo "set console=comconsole" > - /boot/loader.conf. + the following command while logged in as the superuser: + &prompt.root; echo 'set console="comconsole"' > /boot/loader.conf @@ -2579,7 +2579,7 @@ ttyd3 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown off secure serial console by writing just one line in /boot/loader.rc: - set console=comconsole + set console="comconsole" This will take effect regardless of the settings in the boot block discussed in the previous section. @@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ ttyd3 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown off secure Likewise, you can specify the internal console as: - set console=vidconsole + set console="vidconsole" If you do not set the boot loader environment variable console, the boot loader, and subsequently the