From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 6 12:30:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65AE316A400 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:30:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71FFC43D7C for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:30:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k36CULgU012687 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:30:21 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k36CULsn012686; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:30:21 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:30:21 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200604061230.k36CULsn012686@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Harti Brandt Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C18DC16A401 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:29:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7169A43D7B for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:29:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k36CTuZ9033072 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:29:56 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k36CTud7033071; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:29:56 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200604061229.k36CTud7033071@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:29:56 GMT From: Harti Brandt To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Cc: Subject: docs/95408: install over serial console does not work as documented X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:30:30 -0000 >Number: 95408 >Category: docs >Synopsis: install over serial console does not work as documented >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 06 12:30:20 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Harti Brandt >Release: 6.1-beta4 >Organization: DLR >Environment: >Description: The installation document describes a procedure to install on i386 over a serial console. It recommends to either unplug the keyboard or to interrupt the boot and boot with boot -h. Boot -h turns out not to work. While all the kernel messages from the probing appear on both the normal console and the serial one, after mounting the root file system the system switches entirely to the normal console. Instead the following procedure will do it (but require at least a keyboard on the machine in question): - interrupt the boot in the boot menu by pressing 6 - enter the following lines: set boot_multicons="YES" set boot_serial="YES" set console="comconsole" boot (I got this from Dmitriy Kirhlarov ) >How-To-Repeat: Burn a install CD and try a serial install according to the current documentation >Fix: Fix the documentation (see above). >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: