Output to serial terminal

[little_willie]

Is there some way to make the BIOS output it's POST messages to a serial terminal? Say a VT52 or VT100? Also is it possible to get into the BIOS setup through such a terminal?

Has someone considered a hack to do this?

This would of course be for the benefit of using a headless Linux or Unix server.

I am really not a programmer and I don't know if this is difficult or easy to achieve? Alternatively some sort of virtual display through the ethernet card could possibly do the trick ssh way?

[sulbert]

Is there some way to make the BIOS output it's POST messages to a serial terminal?

LinuxBIOShas this feature.

[little_willie]

The link doesn't work?
Got another one?

[little_willie]

Found it here:

http://www.linuxbios.org/index.html

Thanks for the pointer.


Dick

[Awbios]

I know that this is old topic but for now this is possible with SGABIOS . Look at this my topic on other forum