Are those changes saved between upgrades? If not, then these changes will
be necessary every time the firmware is upgraded, right? I think we'd much
rather see it 'supported' in the standard m0n0 build.

--Mike Jackson

>
> This one time, at band camp, David Kitchens said:
>
>> I hear you there! I have a Sharp Zaurus handheld which runs Linux and it
>> even has a keyboard! To be able to use it with a standard pc would be
>> wonderful! Manuel... !!!! Please???  :)
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> > I know that would be tremendously helpful for me, if the generic PC
>> > image came built with support for the console on com1,9600,8,n,1 with
>> > 3 wire serial console support. I would much rather attach a terminal,
>> > or a serial terminal server, to my monowalls rather than a pc keyboard
>> > and mouse.
>
> it already has support for it.  you must configure it, though.  if you
> have a linux box, use the attached script to create a custom m0n0wall
> image.  what you need to do is add a line to loader.rc file (found in
> /boot on the boot fs image)
> 	set console=comconsole
>
> then install that image on your m0n0 box.
>
> if you have some other *nix, you can easily modify the script.
>
> i realise that it might be nice to be able to configure the console from,
> say, the console!  or the webgui.  but there is usually a need to do this
> only once.
>
> truthfully, there is a way of configuring it from the webgui, but it's not
> really any easier.  however, if you don't have a *nix box, it's probably
> the only way.  it requires unmounting /cf, remounting it read/write, then
> issuing a few commands in exec.php
>
> 	umount /cf
> 	mount /dev/ad0a /cf     # <-- or whatever your boot device is
> 	cp /cf/boot/loader.rc /cf/boot/loader.rc.temp
> 	echo "set console=comconsole" > /cf/boot/loader.rc
> 	cat /cf/boot/loader.rc.temp >> /cf/boot/loader.rc
> 	rm /cf/boot/loader.rc.temp
> 	sync                    # <-- i'm paranoid    (a reboot should
> 	umount /cf              # <-- really paranoid  do these anyway)
>
> and then reboot.  the changes will be permananent.  if you need to go back
> to vga/keyboard console, you can perform similar magic in exec.php, only
> you'll have to re-create loader.rc one line at a time using echo commands.
> there is no shell, no editor, no grep in m0n0.
>
> jj
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