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Date:      Thu, 7 Apr 2005 22:20:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        =?ISO-8859-2?Q?S=B3awek_=AFak?= <slawek.zak@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Serial console install
Message-ID:  <20050407221942.L57391@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <787bbe1c0504070307670f5e5d@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <787bbe1c0504070307670f5e5d@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, [ISO-8859-2] S=B3awek =AFak wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 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).

If your system supports BIOS-level console redirection, use it. Then you
can yack at loader all you want.

--
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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