From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 11 11:17:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA08823 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:17:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA08807 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:17:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA01180; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:17:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:17:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Joe Diehl cc: install@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD on a headless pc? In-Reply-To: <199704110257.VAA07278@ksu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Joe Diehl wrote: > I was wondering what it would take to get a boot floppy compiled with > the serial console device and setup so that I can simply put the floppy in > my machine and turn it on and control the install via the console. Installing w/o a display is really hard. You would have to type '-k' into the boot: prompt blind. You can't steal a VGA video card and a display for an hour? :) > I suppose that in addition to this request that I'm also looking for > the installer to install a kernel with all the serial console stuff already > in the kernel. At least enough for me to get the machine running and > compile my own kernel. The -k option is your friend. Once you get up you can build with 'options COMCONSOLE'. Rebuilding the boot floppy is a long and arduous process. > Essentially I'm looking at building a FreeBSD based firewall.. The > machine is going to be headless, and so I'd just assume not have to > take my desktop workstation apart for the monitor and video card. Oh, just lazy. :) Try -k. I've never tried it so the results may not be defined. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major