From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 8 21:26:19 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 A134216A5A5 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:26:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail25.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail25.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B16743D39 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:26:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 30587 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2005 21:26:19 -0000 Received: from server.baldwin.cx ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 8 Apr 2005 21:26:18 -0000 Received: from roboboy.corp.weather.com (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j38LPkgt091046; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 17:26:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, =?utf-8?q?S=C5=82awek_=C5=BBak?= Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 17:06:41 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <787bbe1c0504070307670f5e5d@mail.gmail.com> <42551E94.30800@centtech.com> <787bbe1c05040705254c89fea@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <787bbe1c05040705254c89fea@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200504081706.45463.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-102.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx cc: Eric Anderson cc: Marian Hettwer 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 21:26:19 -0000 On Thursday 07 April 2005 08:25 am, S=C5=82awek =C5=BBak wrote: > On Apr 7, 2005 1:50 PM, Eric Anderson wrote: > >You must have missed the second link - it answers your questions > > completely. You can >also build your own images with whatever setup > you'd like, and/or have that image used via >PXE install. > > So the options I have are: > > 1. Boot from CDROM with keyboard plugged in, wait for the beep and > press 6 blindfolded then enter boot -h. > 2. Boot from floppy and flip the diskettes until the output is > directed to the serial console. > 3. Build my own PXE image. > > Doh. Lots of work. I was asking for a small and very helpful change in > the boot loader. Floppies are so 1980's. Getting my butt to the server > room and plugging the keyboard in is a little better, but still far > from the convenience of putting the CD in and forgetting the problem. You can take a current CD-ROM image, copy its contents to /foo. =20 Edit /foo/boot/loader.conf to add 'set console=3Dcomconsole', run mkisofs=20 on /foo to build a new CD image, burn that image onto a disc and then boot= =20 that. If you want to go the PXE route that is very easy to setup and you=20 just edit the boot/loader.conf in your NFS root to add the comconsole line. =2D-=20 John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" =3D http://www.FreeBSD.org