Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 08:20:35 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial console install Message-ID: <425533A3.6030901@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <1112878688.82439.4.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> References: <787bbe1c0504070307670f5e5d@mail.gmail.com> <4255182E.1020002@centtech.com> <4142.212.12.51.89.1112874483.squirrel@212.12.51.89> <1112878688.82439.4.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>
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Gavin Atkinson wrote: > On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 13:48 +0200, Marian Hettwer wrote: > >>On Do, 7.04.2005, 13:23, Eric Anderson sagte: >> >>>Sławek Żak wrote: >>> >>>>I'd like to ask what's the reason behind requiring a keyboard during >>>>FreeBSD install. Headless configuration is the most common in >>>>datacenters and toying with KVM and VGA cable is often a no-no >>>>(distance in the issue my case). >>>> >>> >>>Maybe so, but then people who do have video consoles plugged in would have >>>to hit a key to keep going. >>> >> >>Isn't it possible to send out the output of FreeBSD's bootloader to VGA >>and serial console ? >>This would be perfect. We could have a point in our bootmenu to hit a >>specific key for serial console install, or for VGA based install. >>But I believe for the time being it's not possible to have the same output >>on console and vga. > > > See the patch associated with PR kern/66425 - which basically makes the > -D dual-console support work. > > I've been using it on all my machines now for about a year without > problems. When I first floated the idea there were a lot of people who > wanted this support, but since writing it there's been very little > interest in incorporating it into the tree :( > > Not that any of this helps your need at the moment, but hopefully it'll > stop you from having to write any code yourself :) This is great! It must have fallen through the cracks.. Can some official FreeBSD person with the magical bits look at it and commit it? Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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