From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 1 15:23:47 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C564F1065697 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:23:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@ifdnrg.com) Received: from ifdnrg29.ifdnrg.com (outbound.ifdnrg.com [193.200.98.138]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63EFD8FC19 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:23:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.85] (93-97-172-73.zone5.bethere.co.uk [93.97.172.73]) (authenticated bits=0) by ifdnrg29.ifdnrg.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p11FNiFm056295 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:23:44 GMT (envelope-from paul@ifdnrg.com) Message-ID: <4D48257F.7030800@ifdnrg.com> Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:23:43 +0000 From: Paul Macdonald User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:23:47 -0000 I'm trying to get the dell bmc +sol serial thing working, kin dof getting there, but noticed this inconsistency in the handbook: Is it boot.conf or boot.config? Create boot.config in the root directory of the a partition on the boot drive. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html#SERIALCONSOLE-HOWTO 7.2 Create the /boot.conf file http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/console-server/freebsd.html Paul. -- ------------------------- Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting ------------------------- t: 0131 5548070 m: 07534206249 e: paul@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com ------------------------- IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA -------------------------