Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:37:53 -0500 (EST) From: "C.L. Lai [ALAN]" <clai33@uwo.ca> To: John LeMay <jlemay@njmc.com>, stephane@sources.org Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation question. Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0402191732570.5225-100000@panther.uwo.ca> In-Reply-To: <40350498.70900@njmc.com>
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Thank you for your reply John,
but apparently, I am getting 2 exact opposite opinions on it.
1 side says there is no problem. 1 side says a serial terminal is
mandatory.
If w/o using a serial terminal worked for you, would you mind telling me
what problems would typically appear by installing via a video console
rather than a serial terminal, and how do you eliminate the problems
during yr successful installation?
Thank you very much.
Alan
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, John LeMay wrote:
> > can i install freebsd-5.2 w/o a serial terminal? ie installation w/ a
> > local video console.
>
> I've done it, and I expect others have as well. It was the first time I
> installed FreeBSD SPARC, and only the second time I'd ever installed
> FreeBSD at all, so if I can get through just about blind it I imagine
> it's not that hard.
>
> --
> John LeMay
> Senior Technical Manager
> NJMC, LLC
> Technology Solutions for Business
>
Signature: Alan
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