From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 7 12:43:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B33BD16A4CE for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 12:43:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 033F443D48 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 12:43:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j37Ch9AW046257; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 07:43:09 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <42552AB9.8050106@centtech.com> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 07:42:33 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050325 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?U8WCYXdlayDFu2Fr?= References: <787bbe1c0504070307670f5e5d@mail.gmail.com> <4255182E.1020002@centtech.com> <4142.212.12.51.89.1112874483.squirrel@212.12.51.89> <42551E94.30800@centtech.com> <787bbe1c05040705254c89fea@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <787bbe1c05040705254c89fea@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.82/813/Thu Apr 7 05:20:51 2005 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Marian Hettwer Subject: Re: Serial console install X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:43:10 -0000 Sławek Żak wrote: > On Apr 7, 2005 1:50 PM, Eric Anderson wrote: > > >>You must have missed the second link - it answers your questions > > completely. You can >also build your own images with whatever setup > you'd like, and/or have that image used via >PXE install. > > So the options I have are: > > 1. Boot from CDROM with keyboard plugged in, wait for the beep and > press 6 blindfolded then enter boot -h. > 2. Boot from floppy and flip the diskettes until the output is > directed to the serial console. > 3. Build my own PXE image. > > Doh. Lots of work. I was asking for a small and very helpful change in > the boot loader. Floppies are so 1980's. Getting my butt to the server > room and plugging the keyboard in is a little better, but still far > from the convenience of putting the CD in and forgetting the problem. You can make your own cd without too much trouble with all the right tweaks in it. Now, I'm not saying this is the easiest solution - I'm just telling you what you can do *now*. I really would love a console install method that was quick and dirty, and a better 'kickstart' kind of install, but I'm no coder, so I keep my mouth shut until I have either a damn good plan, or code.. :) Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. ------------------------------------------------------------------------