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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 00:53:44 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
To: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolinux.com>
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Subject: Re: Support for serial console on legacy free machines
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Andreas Dilger wrote:

> What bothers me is that new systems don't have a serial port, and no ISA
> slots, so there is no hope of getting a "serial console" support without
> ACPI (which is rather heavyweight AFAIK).  USB is far too complex to use
> for early-boot debugging, so what else is left?

 You may still get a PCI serial controller card.

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