> jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU said:
> > My real problem is that
> > biosboot_com0 simply does not work as advertised, and I'm trying to
> > figure out how I can get serial consoles to work _AT ALL_ on a current
> > i386 server motherboard.

My guess:

SUPPORT_SERIAL=CONSDEV_COM0
in your bootblock Makefile.

Disable your Intel BIOS console->serial feature.
Enable the first serial port via the BIOS.

Voila. A box that defaults to serial, unless you disable the serial port
in the BIOS. Then it would fall back to keyboard/video.

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