From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 14 18:11:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABB1216A4CE for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:11:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc2-cdif3-6-0-cust204.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.103.67.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 568F243D46 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:11:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.42 (FreeBSD)) id 1C7HmN-000Ekf-E0; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:11:47 +0100 Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:11:47 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Aaron Gibson Message-ID: <20040914181147.GS1538@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Aaron Gibson , doc@FreeBSD.org References: <20040914161337.GK1538@submonkey.net> <001b01c49a84$5f30a2c0$6501a8c0@aaron> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ugCSa1rMkiCAmd9S" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001b01c49a84$5f30a2c0$6501a8c0@aaron> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 2.12 Advanced Installation Guide (Headless Install) X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:11:48 -0000 --ugCSa1rMkiCAmd9S Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 01:57:58PM -0400, Aaron Gibson wrote: > Ceri- >=20 > I did have to do one other step. Placing the /boot/loader -h line in the > boot.config file on the floppy did direct output to the serial console, b= ut > I had to manually modify the /etc/ttys file to enable login from the seri= al > console. I couldn't find a way to do this during the install or post > install configuration of the box. So, I did have to reboot with a screen > and keyboard to make the modification of the /etc/ttys file. =20 Thanks again Aaron. You should be able to edit /etc/ttys via the Syscons menu in sysinstall (on i386, alpha and amd64 anyway) according to the code, although it would perhaps be nice if sysinstall did this for you if you had booted headless. I haven't checked but I assume that this is missing from the instructions in the handbook; if that's the case then I'll update that too. Ceri --=20 It is not tinfoil, it is my new skin. I am a robot. --ugCSa1rMkiCAmd9S Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBRzRjocfcwTS3JF8RAvUhAJ0W7KuOgEKEJSWrk0pxENpRvrPbEwCgrZp4 AIsSZ1c63s1MDBADrgwfSeE= =AWZB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ugCSa1rMkiCAmd9S--