Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 15:43:36 -0600 (CST) From: jamesn@iadfw.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: conf/5637: Not quite possible to install FreeBSD from a serial console Message-ID: <199802032143.PAA13309@jnuckolls.iadfw.net>
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>Number: 5637 >Category: conf >Synopsis: Not quite possible to install FreeBSD from a serial console >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 3 13:50:01 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: James Nuckolls >Organization: None >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 >Environment: A 2.2-STABLE daily snap boot disk >Description: It's not quite possible to install FreeBSD using a serial console. Why? Because in order to switch to the new console you have to either type '-h' or '-P' or even '-D' at the boot prompt. In order to do this, you of course must have a real keyboard (making '-P' useless). Honestly, after I put a keyboard on the machine and did the -h thing, install went perfectly from the console. >How-To-Repeat: Get a boot disk, unplug your keyboard, put a serial console on com1. >Fix: On the boot disk add 'kernel -P' (or -D if you want) to /boot.conf. This shouldn't be on the MFS. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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