From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 19 15:25:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 882D316A4CE for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:25:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from host7.apollohosting.com (host7.apollohosting.com [209.239.41.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4994443D2F for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:25:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jlemay@njmc.com) Received: from njm2.njmc.com (ool-44c06b0f.dyn.optonline.net [68.192.107.15]) i1JNPRxG030280 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:25:27 -0500 Received: from cyclops.njmc.com ([68.39.219.80]) by njm2.njmc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.0); Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:26:09 -0500 Received: from njmc.com (gambit.njmc.com [192.168.2.101]) by cyclops.njmc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9311912C018 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:25:26 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <403545E6.80309@njmc.com> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:25:26 -0500 From: John LeMay User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040208) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Feb 2004 23:26:09.0453 (UTC) FILETIME=[C14C9DD0:01C3F73F] Subject: Re: installation question. X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 23:25:28 -0000 > 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? Alan, Basically the problem is that the display does not refresh correctly. It does get displayed correctly the first time though. This gave me enough to go on that I was able to figure out what keystrokes to use to complete the installation of the base system. Don't get me wrong, using a serial console would have made my life much easier, it just wasn't convenient at the time. -- John LeMay kc2kth Senior Technical Manager NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848