How to run system without video adapter?

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Hi all. I have installed and configured FreeBSD 8.0 release on home server. Earlier I try pfSense (based on FreeBSD) and it works both with and w/o video adapter. Now, when I try remove adapter - system begins to be loaded but then stops. How I can load my system w/o video adapter now?
 
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I make # echo 'console="comconsole"' >> /boot/loader.conf
but in /etc/ttys no lines with ttyd0 entry.

Code: 
ttyv0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
...
ttyv7   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
ttyv8   "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   off secure


ttyu0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   dialup  off secure
...

dcons   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   off secure

ttyp0   none                    network
...

What line I need to edit?
 
The vty names changed a little bit when 8.0 was released. Don't look for the exact vty name, look for a line similar to it. Especially the getty bit (that's still the same).
 
It is likely that your system will not boot without a video adapter present.

FreeBSD Handbook said:
The idea here is to allow people to set up dedicated servers that require no graphics hardware or attached keyboards. Unfortunately, while most systems will let you boot without a keyboard, there are quite a few that will not let you boot without a graphics adapter.

...

However, many machines do not support this option and will refuse to boot if you have no display hardware in the system. With these machines, you will have to leave some kind of graphics card plugged in, (even if it is just a junky mono board) although you will not have to attach a monitor
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This is a limitation of the PC design. They were never intended to run without video hardware like a workstation such as Sun/SGI etc.

You can still run the system without a monitor attached, however.
 
the other possibility is to substitute a serial card where BIOS messages are redirected, which does in fact replace the video card.

For more details, see Michael Lucas's Ultimate FreeBDS 2nd ed., chapter section on serial console.
 
I bought radeon x300 for $ 10 and solve problem. Sorry that did not work without adapter.
 
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