From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 1 19:52:22 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E08931065672 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 19:52:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from email2.allantgroup.com (email2.emsphone.com [199.67.51.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3B0C8FC1B for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 19:52:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by email2.allantgroup.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p11JqEIB076997 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 1 Feb 2011 13:52:14 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (smmsp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p11JqEFb097323 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 1 Feb 2011 13:52:14 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p11JqD23097315; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 13:52:13 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 13:52:13 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: Patrick Mahan Message-ID: <20110201195213.GR75125@dan.emsphone.com> References: <4D48257F.7030800@ifdnrg.com> <32AB5C9615CC494997D9ABB1DB12783C024CC075B2@SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <32AB5C9615CC494997D9ABB1DB12783C024CC075B2@SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.4 at email2.allantgroup.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (email2.allantgroup.com [199.67.51.78]); Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:52:15 -0600 (CST) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 199.67.51.78 Cc: Paul Macdonald , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:52:23 -0000 In the last episode (Feb 01), Patrick Mahan said: > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Paul Macdonald > > I'm trying to get the dell bmc +sol serial thing working, kin dof > > getting there, but noticed this inconsistency in the handbook: > > > > Is it boot.conf or boot.config? > > > > Create boot.config in the root directory of the a partition on the boot > > drive. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html#SERIALCONSOLE-HOWTO > > > > 7.2 Create the /boot.conf file > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/console-server/freebsd.html > > Here on my HP Proliant 350's I use - > > /boot.conf > > This is with FreeBSD 8.0. I don't see anything in /usr/src/sys/boot that reads a "/boot.conf". boot2 reads "/boot.config", and the loader will read "/boot/boot.conf" but that path is deprecated. I have -D in /boot.config on my SOL-enabled Dell 1950, which allows for both serial and keyboard input during the boot process. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com