On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 08:04:58PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> In article <200209191953.g8JJrq824441@egsner.cirr.com>,
> Eric Schnoebelen <eric@cirr.com> wrote:
> >
> >Greetings,
> >
> >	I'm trying to understand why NetBSD chooses COM2: as the
> >console any time I attempt to turn on the BIOS ``console
> >redirection'', and set it at COM1:
> 
> Because the console re-direction steals the com1 port so that
> the OS does not see it anymore.

Actually, the issue is that the console redirection steals the com1
port so that the *BIOS* doesn't "see" it any more.

If you use the hardwired-to-serial bootblocks and hardwire the right
console address into your kernel configuration, it works fine.

Thor