Re: How to read crash log of NetBSD 7.0.2?

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 1 Mar 2017, Thomas Mueller wrote:

> One problem with serial console is that they are out of production, 
> very difficult to get.

Hmmm, I have not experienced this...

> What do you do if you have no serial console and they are no longer
> commercially available?
>
> Motherboards now come without serial or parallel ports.  ...

All of my recent systems have had a COM0 port available.  Not always
as an external DB-9 (or, more properly, DE-9), but at least there's a
header on the MoBo.  It's fairly easy to find a header-to-DE-9 cable
(see [1] below).

FWIW, I almost always use ASUS motherboards...


[1] https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Serial-Motherboard-Header-PLATE9M16/dp/B001Y1F0HW/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1488340048&sr=8-9&keywords=serial+port+adapter



> Can a
> USB-to-serial adapter be used, but then what about the console?

No idea if this will work.

> FireWire is also disappearing from the market.

No surprise here - at leasat not to me.  I never saw much activity in
the FireWire space.


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