On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Martin Husemann wrote:

> > Ahh... Maybe I'll try experimenting some more with the kernel config.
> 
> I commented out most printf's at pseudo-device attach time (in my custom
> kernel there were more than 10 lines generated), and now it boots reliably.

I'm not so sure I like that idea. My whole motivation for exploring
the new console is to be able to use the same kernel on two virtually
identical machines, one headless, one running an Xserver. That way, I
could swap drives with impunity. If I have to customize the kernel for
each machine, wouldn't it be simpler to hard wire a serial console in
the kernel options? Or does that have similar problems?

> Cool. The descriptions of the keys are translated into german shortcuts,
> so it's not always clear what they are talking about. I set F5 to 
> "Unterbr: ein" and now it sends BREAK.

No doubt that stands for "unterbrechen," which means, uh, "break."
(Okay, I looked it up.)