Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:14:21 -0700 (PDT) From: winter <mcweels@yahoo.com> To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD Handbook - correction for new versions of FreeBSD Message-ID: <20061025101421.92444.qmail@web52214.mail.yahoo.com>
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In section: 2.12.1 Installing FreeBSD on a System without a Monitor or Keyboard The handbook incorrectly refers to the floppy images for those using a newer version of FreeBSD. For example: To modify these floppies to boot into a serial console, follow these steps: 1.Enabling the Boot Floppies to Boot into a Serial Console If you were to boot into the floppies that you just made, FreeBSD would boot into its normal install mode. We want FreeBSD to boot into a serial console for our install. To do this, you have to mount the kern.flp floppy onto your FreeBSD system using the mount(8) command. --- And: That's it! You should now be able to control the headless machine through your cu session. It will ask you to put in the mfsroot.flp, and then it will come up with a selection of what kind of terminal to use. Select the FreeBSD color console and proceed with your install! --- I am not sure when the floppy images changed. I am right now doing a serial install of FreeBSD 6.1 with the instructions provided, except writing the boot.config to the boot.flp disk. After a while it asks for the kern1.flp and kern2.flp disks rather than the mfsroot.flp disk. I just wanted to point this out for future revisions in case it slipped by. Thanks for the excellent Docs and OS! Regards, Winter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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