MS-DOS: No VideoCard -> Console thru serial port ?

[BPoller]

Hi there,

i have an old FreeBSD-based web-server on which i want to install a Network-MS-DOS.

Problem: The System has no vga-connector, just a small LCD-display, which i couldnt use.

Later i want to control the system thru terminal-emulation and TCP/IP, but because i dont know the network-card-vendor/type, which is installed, its complicated to install a working Network-MS-DOS.

Is there any MS-DOS-Tool, with which i could get the console and my typings thru a 9-pin-serial connector to another pc?

That would make my search for a working netcard-driver easier. Cause, i could configure such a serial-system on an other pc and just plug the hdd to the vga-less-server.

Maybe someone could give me a tip.

Thanks in advance,

B.Poller

[BPoller]

I found this tool so far: http://josh.com/tiny/

Maybe i try it at the weekend with just a standard NE2000-driver.

But if anyone has some other tools or clues, just post.

Bye,

B.Poller

[jaclaz]

Most probably NOT the answer you seek, but did you try a "universal" boot disk, like this very good one:

http://www.netbootdisk.com/

This usually covers 99% of NIC's

jaclaz

[jds]

Probably too late, but here's your answer :

C:\>ctty /?

Changes the terminal device used to control your system.

CTTY device

device The terminal device you want to use, such as COM1.

C:\>

CTTY is a built-in capability of COMMAND.COM

Joe.