From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 8 13:52:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EBFA15314 for ; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 13:52:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA00580; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 13:47:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199903082147.NAA00580@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Brian Dean Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install using serial console? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 08 Mar 1999 16:18:25 EST." <199903082118.QAA14724@dean.pc.sas.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 13:47:22 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It should be supported out of the box; boot without a keyboard. If not, the fix should be simple; mount the install floppy and create a file 'boot.config' containing just '-h'. > I understand that FreeBSD supports the use of the serial port as a > console device. I would like to take advantage of this feature, > however, I still need to be able to do new installs on these same > machines from time to time. Are serial consoles supported in some way > for 'sysinstall'ing on a new machine without having to have a > keyboard/monitor connected? Is this supported out of the box, or does > it, perhaps, require a special kernel for the boot disk to be built-in > during the make release process? Is anyone doing this? > > Any help/pointers are appreciated! > > Thanks, > -Brian > -- > Brian Dean Process Engineering brdean@unx.sas.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message