From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 8 05:20:19 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 954DB16A4CE for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 05:20:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B1C943D46 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 05:20:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 73C4A72DE5; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 22:20:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EE1B72DD9; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 22:20:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 22:20:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?S=B3awek_=AFak?= In-Reply-To: <787bbe1c0504070307670f5e5d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20050407221942.L57391@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <787bbe1c0504070307670f5e5d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org 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: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 05:20:19 -0000 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